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Francine Benes, MD, Psychiatry, Belmont, MA

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Psychiatry • Belmont, MA

Director, Program for Structural and Molecular Neuroscience at McLean Hospital; William P. and Henry B. Test Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School

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Education & Training

  • Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital
    Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean HospitalResidency, Psychiatry, 1981 - 1985
  • Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital
    Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean HospitalResidency, Psychiatry, 1979 - 1981
  • Yale-New Haven Medical Center (Waterbury)
    Yale-New Haven Medical Center (Waterbury)Internship, Internal Medicine, 1978 - 1979
  • Yale School of Medicine
    Yale School of MedicineClass of 1978

Certifications & Licensure

  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 1980 - 2025
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Kempf Fund Award American Psychiatric Association, 2006
  • Gold Medal Lifetime Achievement Award Society for Biological Psychiatry, 2005
  • William Silen Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award Harvard Medical School, 2005
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Grant Support

  • Gene Expression In Hippocampal Circuits Of Bipolars And SchizophrenicsNational Institute Of Mental Health2007–2011
  • A National Resource For Postmortem Brain ResearchNational Institute Of Mental Health2003–2011
  • Limbic Lobe In Schizophrenia And Bipolar DisorderNational Institute Of Mental Health2002–2011
  • A Natonal Resource For Postmortem Brain ResearchNational Institute Of Mental Health2006
  • Neurophysiologic &Behavioral Consequences Of Hippocampal Gabaergic DysfunctionNational Institute Of Mental Health2000–2002
  • Corticolimbic System And SchizophreniaNational Institute Of Mental Health1999–2002
  • Brain Tissue Resource For Neuropsychiatric ResearchNational Institute Of Mental Health1995–2002
  • NeuropathologyNational Institute Of Mental Health1992–2002
  • Hippocampal Gene Expression In SchizophreniaNational Institute Of Mental Health2000–2001
  • Corticolimbic Abnormalities In Schizophrenic BrainNational Institute Of Mental Health1997–2001
  • Corticolombic System And SchizophreniaNational Institute Of Mental Health1998
  • Clinical Neuroscience Training Program For HarvardNational Institute Of Mental Health1994–1998
  • Corticolimbic Circuitry In Relation To SchizophreniaNational Institute Of Mental Health1993–1997
  • Corticolimbic System In Schizophrenic Brain--AnalysisNational Institute Of Mental Health1990–1994
  • Biological Substrates And Correlates Of SchizophreniaNational Institute Of Mental Health1987–1991
  • Quantitative Cytoarchitectural Studies Of SchizophreniaNational Institute Of Mental Health1987–1989
  • Morphometric And Immunocytochemical Studies Of NeocortexNational Institute Of Mental Health1985–1986

Professional Memberships

  • National Academy of Medicine
    Member

External Links

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