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3838 S 700 E Ste 101Salt Lake City, UT 84106
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Summary
- Dr. Gholson Lyon, based in Salt Lake City, UT, specializes in Psychiatry with a subspecialty in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He holds a B.A. in Biochemistry from Dartmouth College, an M.Phil in Genetics from Christ’s College, University of Cambridge, and a Ph.D. in Chemical Biology from Rockefeller University. He completed his medical education at Weill Cornell Medicine, followed by a residency in Psychiatry at New York Presbyterian Hospital and a fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
Education & Training
NYU Grossman School of MedicineFellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2007 - 2009
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Residency, Psychiatry, 2004 - 2007
Weill Cornell MedicineClass of 2004
Rockefeller UniversityPh.D., Chemical Biology, 1999 - 2003
Christ’s College, University of CambridgeM.Phil, Genetics, 1996 - 1997
Certifications & Licensure
UT State Medical License 2009 - 2028
NY State Medical License 2005 - 2026
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Young Investigator Award Sage Bionetworks Commons Congress, 2012
- Research Award APIRE/Wyeth Pharmaceuticals M.D./ Ph.D., 2009
- Resident Award AACAP Outstanding Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2008
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- HYPK-Related Neurodevelopmental Syndrome: Case Report of Intellectual Disability, Developmental Delay, and Dysmorphic Features.Rahi Patel, Rikhil Makwana, Elaine Marchi, Ziyi Fan, Erin Falsey
Clinical Genetics. 2026-02-01 - 2 citationsGrowth Hormone Treatment in Patients With KBG Syndrome: Novel Insights, Challenges and Recommendations From Six New Patients and Literature Review.Sietse M Aukema, Kim Vandenput, Emanuela Scarano, Himanshu Goel, Lily Guo
American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part A. 2025-12-01 - Pathogenic variants in the cohesin loader subunit MAU2 lead to a new Cornelia de Lange Syndrome subtype.Ilaria Parenti, Alina Hesters, Marta Gil-Salvador, Laura Duffy, Deniz Kanber
Medrxiv. 2025-11-22
Journal Articles
- Lifetime Prevalence, Age of Risk, and Etiology of Comorbid Psychiatric Disorders in Tourette SyndromeHirschtritt ME, Lee PC, Pauls DL, Dion Y, Grados MA, Illmann C, King RA, Sandor P, McMahon WM, Lyon GJ, Cath DC, Kurlan R, Robertson MM, Osiecki L, Scharf JM, Mathews ..., JAMA Psychiatry, 1/11/2015
- SeqMule: automated pipeline for analysis of human exome/genome sequencing dataGuo Y, Ding X, Shen Y, Lyon GJ, Wang K, Scientific Reports, 1/1/2015
- Cut the Hype Accuracy and Standards Come FirstLyon GJ, Frontline Genomics Medicine, 1/1/2015
Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- De novo and somatic indel variant analysis of whole genome and exome capture sequencing experiments with ScalpelH. Fang; E. Grabowska; K. Arora; V. Vacic; M. Zody; I. Iossifov; J. O’ Rawe; G. Lyon; M. Wigler; M. Schatz; G. Narzisi, an Fang at American Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 1/1/2015
- Scikit-ribo: Accurate A-site prediction and robust modeling of translation control from Riboseq and RNAseq dataHan Fang, Max Doerfel, Yifei Huang, Gholson J. Lyon, Michael C. Schatz, Han Fang at CSHL Meeting Probabilistic Modeling in Genomics, 1/1/2015
- Large pedigrees in human sequencing studies: toward a more resolved and accurate picture of genetic diseaseLyon GJ and O’Rawe J, CSHL In- House Symposium, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, 1/1/2015
Lectures
- Optimized sequencing leading to new human genetic syndromes involving transcription, translation, and protein degradationPohang, South Korea - 1/1/2015
- TAF1 SyndromeSeoul, Korea - 1/1/2015
- Seoul, Korea - 1/1/2015
Other
- Stopping 23andMe will only delay the revolution medicine needsLyon GJ
theconversation.com
1/1/2013 - Humanizing the Human Genome ProjectLyon GJ
www.project-syndicate.org
1/1/2012 - Guest post: Time to bring human genome sequencing into the clinicLyon GJ, GenomesUnzipped
genomesunzipped.org
1/1/2012
Press Mentions
New Study Uncovers a Mechanism of Sleep in ZebrafishNovember 21st, 2021
Research Team Publishes Findings from Study of TAF1 SyndromeNovember 21st, 2019
IBR Receives $1.95 Million NIH Grant for Research on Rare DiseasesNovember 5th, 2019
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