Dr. Tan-Hoang NguyenAwarded a grant through The Child Health Research Institute (CHRI)
Collaborative Research Grant Program with Dr. Thang Dinh, aims to
better understand the genetic architecture of neurodevelopmental
disorders.Learn more
Dr. Severine LannoyReceives NIH-funded K99/R00 career development grant to
investigate why alcohol use and suicidal thoughts or behaviors
frequently occur together in the same individuals.Learn more
Now Available!T&R Faculty PositionsThe Department of Psychiatry, within the School
of Medicine at VCU, is seeking candidates for four
T&R Faculty positions at the Virginia Institute
for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics.Read more
Dr. Hermine MaesAwarded an R01 through NIDA along with collaborators
Dr. Naomi P. Friedman, Dr. Pamela A. Madden, and
Drs. Monica Luciana and Sylia Wilson to examine vulnerability
to substance use in adolescents.Learn more

We are an interdisciplinary institute bringing together faculty with a wide range of scientific backgrounds.

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Featured

Predoctoral and Postdoctoral trainees at VIPBG benefit from a highly collaborative and interdisciplinary research environment.

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Research

School of Medicine researcher Ananda Amstadter, Ph.D., studies the causes, risk factors and potential treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder.

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Students

Hope Wolf wants to be the kind of researcher who’s involved, accessible, and passionate about making research count for patients.

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Faculty and Staff

Dr. Maes awarded R01 from NIDA along with several other collaborators to examine vulnerabilities to substance use in adolescents.

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Post Docs

Dr. Luis Fernando Silva Castro de Araujo to expand his ongoing research into childhood and adolescent psychiatric disorders.
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Community

Community Engagement is about partnerships between VCU and its communities that are working together, changing lives.

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