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342 Harbor StBranford, CT 06405
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Education & Training
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalFellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2006 - 2008
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai ProgramResidency, Psychiatry, 2003 - 2006
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalResidency, Psychiatry, 2003 - 2006
Stony Brook University Health Sciences Center School of MedicineClass of 2003
Certifications & Licensure
CT State Medical License 2009 - 2027
NY State Medical License 2004 - 2009
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Transcriptomic and phenotypic convergence of neurodevelopmental disorder risk genes in vitro and in vivo.Meilin Fernandez Garcia, Kayla Retallick-Townsley, April Pruitt, Elizabeth A Davidson, Novin Balafkan
Nature Neuroscience. 2026-05-01 - Whole-brain cellular-resolution functional network properties of seizure susceptibility.Wei Qin, Jessica Beevis, Maya Wilde, Sarah Josephine Stednitz, Josh Arnold
Biorxiv. 2026-04-07 - 1 citationsPharmaco-behavioral profiling identifies suppressors of autism gene-associated phenotypes in zebrafish.Priyanka Jamadagni, Yi Dai, Yunqing Liu, Hellen Weinschutz Mendes, April Pruitt
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2026-03-24
Press Mentions
What Studying Worms, Flies and Fish Says About AutismSeptember 8th, 2021
Postdoctoral Position in the Functional Analysis of Autism Risk GenesJune 12th, 2018
A Million-Dollar Fund Will Support Junior ResearchersDecember 8th, 2017
Grant Support
- High-throughput Functional Analysis of Autism Risk GenesYALE UNIVERSITY2018–2029
- High-throughput in vivo and in vitro functional and multi-omics screens of neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorder risk genesYALE UNIVERSITY2023–2028
- Investigating the Translatome in Genetic Models of AutismYALE UNIVERSITY2023–2025
- Functional Analysis of 3q29 Microdeletion Syndrome Driver GenesYALE UNIVERSITY2023–2025
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