Members

Bearden, Carrie, Ph.D.

Research

Neurogenetic disorders; neurobehavioral biomarkers of serious mental illness

Appointments

  • Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Psychology, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior Brain Research Institute
  • Integrative Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics
  • Center for Autism Research and Treatment (CART)
  • Director, Center for the Assessment and Prevention of Prodromal States (CAPPS)

Biography

Her research aims to understand genetic and neurobiological risk factors for the development of early-onset neuropsychiatric disorders. Dr. Bearden’s work examines these questions through two complementary lines of research:

1) The investigation of early biomarkers that predict disease risk and trajectory in at-risk populations; and

2) Translational approaches to understanding disrupted brain circuitry in highly penetrant genetic subtypes (e.g, 22q11.2 microdeletions)

Publications

  1. Calderon, V, Gamarra, JM, Ruiz-Yu, B, Denenny, DM, Zinberg, JL, Bearden, CE et al.. Navigating the Maze: Caregiver Perspectives on Pathways to Mental Health Care for U.S. Youth at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis. Early Interv Psychiatry. 2025;19 (3):e70025. doi: 10.1111/eip.70025. PubMed PMID:40050513 .
  2. Mourgues-Codern, C, Benrimoh, D, Gandhi, J, Farina, EA, Vin, R, Zamorano, T et al.. Emergence and dynamics of delusions and hallucinations across stages in early psychosis. Biol Psychiatry. 2025; :. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2025.02.891. PubMed PMID:40020853 .
  3. Calderon, V, Vasquez, ML, Uribe, C, Bearden, CE, Lopez, SR. Navigating Adversity: Ethnoracial Discrimination, Family Support, and Psychotic Symptom Severity in US Latinx People with First Episode Psychosis. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2025; :. doi: 10.1007/s40615-025-02308-w. PubMed PMID:40016590 .
  4. Liao, Z, Kumar, K, Kopal, J, Huguet, G, Saci, Z, Jean-Louis, M et al.. Copy number variants and the tangential expansion of the cerebral cortex. Nat Commun. 2025;16 (1):1697. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-56855-1. PubMed PMID:39962045 PubMed Central PMC11833094.
  5. Bronstein, MV, Kummerfeld, E, Bearden, CE, Cornblatt, BA, Walker, EF, Woods, SW et al.. Delineating empirically plausible causal pathways to suicidality among people at clinical high risk for psychosis. J Psychopathol Clin Sci. 2025; :. doi: 10.1037/abn0000969. PubMed PMID:39913476 .
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