Emily Olfson, MD, PhD

Emily Olfson is a physician-scientist whose research focuses on the genetics of childhood-onset psychiatric conditions. She received her MD-PhD from Washington University in St. Louis where her dissertation in Human and Statistical Genetics focused on the genetics of smoking and alcoholism in the laboratory of Dr. Laura Bierut. She then completed residency and fellowship training in child, adolescent, and adult psychiatry in the Yale Solnit Integrated Program and additional research training in the laboratory of Dr. Thomas Fernandez. Current projects in the Olfson laboratory focus on translational neurogenomic investigations of trichotillomania, excoriation disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, chronic tic disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, misophonia, and childhood anxiety disorders. Dr. Olfson works clinically with adults and children in the Tic and OCD Program in the Yale Child Study Center. She has received research support from the National Institutes of Health, the Tourette Association of America, The Hartwell Foundation, Misophonia Research Fund, International OCD Foundation, Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and the Alan B. Slifka Foundation through the Riva Ariella Ritvo endowment.