Judy L. Silberg

Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics

Judy L. Silberg

Associate Professor
Department of Human Genetics

Tel: 804 828 8153
Fax: 804 828 8801 Email:
jsilberg@hsc.vcu.edu P.O. Box:
980003 VIPBG
Biotech 1-150

Education

1981: BS Psychology, State University of New York
1984: MS Clinical Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University
1987: PhD Clinical Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University

Professional Experience

1984-1986: Psychology Assistant, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
1986-1987: Clinical Psychology Intern, Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
1987-1988: Staff Psychologist, Orange County Department of Mental Health, Goshen, NY
1988-1989: Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Department of Human Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
1989-1993: Clinical Research Associate, Department of Human Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
1991-1993:Instructor, Department of Human Genetics, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University
1993-2003: Assistant Professor, Department of Human Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University
1996-present: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Joint appointment
1996-present: Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Joint appointment
2003-present: Associate Professor, Department of Human Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University

Honors

1981: Phi Beta Kappa
1981: Undergraduate Honors for Research
1982-1983: NIMH Traineeship
1983-1985: Graduate Assistantship
1995-1998: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Junior Faculty Award
1997-1998: Carman Trust for Scientific Research
2002: VCU School of Medicine Faculty Research Award

Funded Research

T32 MH20030 Neale (1999-2009) Co-I, NIH/NIMH: Research Training in Psychiatric and Statistical Genetics
P30 MH57761 Angold (1999-2007) Sub contract PI, NIH/NIMH: Genetic Epidemiology of Juvenile Psychopathology (Subcontract) CADPRC in Developmental Epidemiology
R01 MH62368 Silberg (2001-2006) Co-I, NIH/NIMH: Parental Effects on Depression and Disruptive Behavior in Children of Twins
NARSAD Silberg (2002-2004) PI, National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression: Parental Effects on Childhood Behavior in the Offspring of Twins
Carman Silberg (2002-2006) PI, Carman Trust for Scientific Research: Parental Effects on Childhood Behavior in the Offspring of Twins

Research Interests

genetic and environmental mechanisms in the development of psychopathology in children, adolescents, and young adults

Current Teaching Assignments

HGEN620: Human Behavioral Genetics, Department of Human Genetics, VCU

Selected Publications

Rowe R, Pickles A, Simonoff E, Bulik C, and Silberg J: Bulimic symptoms in the Virginia Twin Study of Adolescent Behavioral Development: Correlates, comorbidity, and genetics. Biological Psychiatry, 51(2): 172-182, 2002.
Silberg J, Parr T, Neale M , Angold A, Rutter M, and Eaves L: Maternal smoking during pregnancy and risk to conduct disturbance: An examination of the causal hypothesis. Biological Psychiatry, Jan 15;53(2):130-5, 2003.
Silberg J, Rutter M, D’Onofrio B, Eaves L: Genetic and environmental risk factors in adolescent substance use. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 44:5, 664-676, 2003.
Eaves, JL, Silberg, JL and Erkanli, A: Resolving multiple epigenetic pathways to adolescent depression. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 44:7, 1006-1014, 2003.
Foley, D, Rutter, ML, Angold, A, Pickles, A, Silberg, JL, and Eaves, LJ: Making sense of informant disagreement for overanxious disorder. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 43:4,452-60, 2004.
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