"Smart Health" to Feature Brown Alpert Medical School Autism Expert Wednesday at 4 PM
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"Smart Health" to Feature Brown Alpert Medical School Autism Expert Wednesday at 4 PM
April is National Autism Awareness Month, and Moreno De Luca will discuss the latest in genetic testing -- and more.
Moreno De Luca, MD, MSc is a child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist at the Verrecchia Clinic for Children with Autism and Developmental Disabilities at Bradley Hospital, where he also provides genetic psychiatry consultation to people with autism spectrum disorder, or neuropsychiatric conditions arising from a clinically-identifiable genetic cause.
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On his biography on the Alpert Medical School website, Moreno De Luca describes his expertise as follows:
"In my path to becoming a physician-scientist, I have been deeply interested on the impact of genetic variation on brain disorders, and how to use discoveries in the field to enhance patient care. I have pursued clinical training in child, adolescent, and adult psychiatry, and research training in genetics and neuroscience, which has given me a unique perspective to blend insights from these diverse but complementary fields. My research has focused on the genetic underpinnings of autism and other neuropsychiatric conditions, specifically on the role of rare genetic variants as risk factors for developmental brain disorders.
Together with my collaborators, we identified the 17q12 deletion as a risk factor for autism and schizophrenia by pulling together genetic data from over 70,000 people worldwide, and we have expanded our work on this and other rare genetic variants within the context of the Simons Foundation and the Psychiatric Genetics Consortium. This work has propelled my drive to focus the next stage of my career in developing the scientific support and infrastructure required to bring research discoveries in genetics to clinical practice and continue forging the path towards precision medicine in psychiatry."
About Alpert Medical School -- and Smart Health
Since granting its first Doctor of Medicine degrees in 1975, the Warren Alpert Medical School has become a national leader in medical education and biomedical research. By attracting first-class physicians and researchers to Rhode Island over the past four decades, the Medical School and its seven affiliated teaching hospitals have radically improved the state's health care environment, from health care policy to patient care.
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