Georgia Yiannoulos, M.S.
Clinical Research Coordinator II, Department of Psychiatry

E-mail: georgia.yiannoulos@mssm.edu

Tel: (212) 241-2774

Mailing Address

One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1603, New York NY 10029

Location

Annenberg Building, 1468 Madison Avenue, Room 19-75

Training and Education

M.S. (2002) Biology, New York University, New York, NY, USA

B.A. (2000) Natural Sciences, Fordham University, New York, NY, USA

Current Research Interests

Many factors are often cited as playing significant roles in the vulnerability to drug addiction including genetics, environment and behavioral traits. Current research interests include using genetic assays and neurocognitive tasks to determine associations with pattern of drug use and behavior traits such as reward sensitivity and inhibitory control. Emphasis will be placed on polymorphisms of genes which have been associated with behavioral traits predictive of susceptibility to addiction disorder.

Publications

Byne W, Tatusov A, Yiannoulos G, Vong GS, Marcus S. Effects of mental illness and aging in two thalamic nuclei. Schizophr Res. 2008 Dec;106(2-3):172-81

Byne W, Fernandes J, Haroutunian V, Huacon D, Kidkardnee S, Kim J, Tatusov A, Thakur U, Yiannoulos G. Reduction of right medial pulvinar volume and neuron number in schizophrenia. Schizophr Res. 2007 Feb;90(1-3):71-5

Byne W, Kidkardnee S, Tatusov A, Yiannoulos G, Buchsbaum MS, Haroutunian V. Schizophrenia-associated reduction of neuronal and oligodendrocyte numbers in the anterior principal thalamic nucleus. Schizophr Res. 2006 Jul;85(1-3):245-53

Cyran SA, Yiannoulos G, Buchsbaum AM, Saez L, Young MW, Blau J. The double-time protein kinase regulates the subcellular localization of the Drosophila clock protein period. J Neurosci. 2005 Jun 1;25(22):5430-7