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. 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 .
  2. Ali, NMH, Chawner, SJRA, Kushan-Wells, L, Bearden, CE, Mulle, JG, Pollak, RM et al.. Comparison of autism domains across thirty rare variant genotypes. EBioMedicine. 2025;112 :105521. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105521. PubMed PMID:39891993 .
  3. Smucny, J, Cannon, TD, Bearden, CE, Addington, J, Cadenhead, KS, Cornblatt, BA et al.. Predicting conversion to psychosis using machine learning: response to Cannon. Front Psychiatry. 2024;15 :1520173. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1520173. PubMed PMID:39882161 PubMed Central PMC11775650.
  4. Service, SK, De La Hoz, JF, Diaz-Zuluaga, AM, Arias, A, Pimplaskar, A, Luu, C et al.. Predicting Diagnostic Conversion From Major Depressive Disorder to Bipolar Disorder: An EHR Based Study From Colombia. Bipolar Disord. 2024; :. doi: 10.1111/bdi.13512. PubMed PMID:39666719 .
  5. Braun, A, Liu, L, Bearden, CE, Cadenhead, KS, Cornblatt, BA, Keshavan, M et al.. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Among Youth at Clinical High Risk of Psychosis. Schizophr Bull Open. 2024;5 (1):sgae028. doi: 10.1093/schizbullopen/sgae028. PubMed PMID:39583590 PubMed Central PMC11584910.
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