Diana O. Perkins is an American professor at the University of North Carolina's (UNC) School of Medicine where she teaches psychiatry; she is a fellow with outreach roles.[1] Her research involves early diagnosis and treatment of schizophrenia. She is noted for publishing a study that demonstrated that using a polygenic risk score (PRS) based on data from genome-wide association studies improved the psychosis risk prediction in persons meeting clinical high-risk criteria.[2]
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| Discipline | Psychiatrist |
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| Institutions | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Education
editPerkins' undergraduate work was completed at the University of Maryland in Psychology and Biochemistry; she received her Doctor of Medicine at University of Maryland School of Medicine. She completed a graduate degree in Epidemiology from UNC.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Diana O. Perkins, MD | Global Medical Education". www.gmeded.com. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ Perkins, Diana O.; Olde Loohuis, Loes; Barbee, Jenna; Ford, John; Jeffries, Clark D.; Addington, Jean; Bearden, Carrie E.; Cadenhead, Kristin S.; Cannon, Tyrone D.; Cornblatt, Barbara A.; Mathalon, Daniel H.; McGlashan, Thomas H.; Seidman, Larry J.; Tsuang, Ming; Walker, Elaine F.; Woods, Scott W. (12 November 2019). "Polygenic Risk Score Contribution to Psychosis Prediction in a Target Population of Persons at Clinical High Risk". American Journal of Psychiatry. 177 (2): 155–163. doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.2019.18060721. PMC 7202227. PMID 31711302.
- ^ "Diana Perkins". Department of Psychiatry. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
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