Samuel H. Barondes has an AB and an MD from Columbia University, and was trained in clinical medicine and psychiatry at several Harvard teaching hospitals (Peter Bent Brigham, McLean, and Massachusetts General). He learned to do research in molecular biology at the National Institutes of Health. Thereafter, Barondes devoted himself to applying the new Continue Reading »

My primary research interests involve understanding the biology of mood and anxiety disorders. The approach we use in my group utilizes genetic tools to figure out how genes influence the susceptibility to disorders like depression, bipolar disorder, and panic disorder. We focus on examining the DNA sequence of persons with these disorders in hopes Continue Reading »