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Andrew C. Leon was affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research contributions primarily spanned the field of medicine, with a focus on neurology, experimental and cognitive psychology, genetics, molecular biology, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.

The main research topics covered in their work included mental health research, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, RNA modifications and cancer, peripheral neuropathies and disorders, botulinum toxin and related neurological disorders, and peripheral nerve disorders.

Leon published in several academic venues, particularly:

  • Psychopharmacology Bulletin
  • Arandu-UTIC.

The scientist contributed to multiple papers, including the following significant works:

  • REVAMP - Research Evaluating the Value of Augmenting Medication with Psychotherapy: Rationale and Design (2025), published in Psychopharmacology Bulletin
  • Statistical Strategies for Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials to Detect Differential Onset of Action (2025), published in Psychopharmacology Bulletin
  • Rett syndrome in a pediatric patient: progressive clinical presentation and genetic confirmation via mecp2 mutation (2025), published in Arandu-UTIC.
  • Acute motor axonal neuropathy in Ecuador: a retrospective case series with electrophysiological and functional correlation (2025), published in Arandu-UTIC.

Collaborations featured frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Hugo Esteban Salazar Lozano
  • María Daniela Pérez León
  • Diego Fernando Atapuma Madrid
  • Madhukar H. Trivedi
  • James H. Kocsis

Best Publications

  • The NimStim set of facial expressions: Judgments from untrained research participants

    Nim Tottenham;James W. Tanaka;Andrew C. Leon;Thomas McCarry

  • The long-term natural history of the weekly symptomatic status of bipolar I disorder.

    Lewis L. Judd;Hagop S. Akiskal;Pamela J. Schettler;Jean Endicott

  • The role and interpretation of pilot studies in clinical research

    Andrew C. Leon;Lori L. Davis;Lori L. Davis;Helena C. Kraemer

  • A prospective investigation of the natural history of the long-term weekly symptomatic status of bipolar II disorder.

    Lewis L. Judd;Hagop S. Akiskal;Pamela J. Schettler;William Coryell

  • Recurrence After Recovery From Major Depressive Disorder During 15 Years of Observational Follow-Up

    Timothy I. Mueller;Andrew C. Leon;Martin B. Keller;David A. Solomon

  • Assessing Psychiatric Impairment in Primary Care with the Sheehan Disability Scale

    Andrew C. Leon;Mark Olfson;Laura Portera;Leslie Farber

  • Multiple recurrences of major depressive disorder.

    Solomon Da;Keller Mb;Leon Ac;Mueller Ti

  • A prospective 12-year study of subsyndromal and syndromal depressive symptoms in unipolar major depressive disorders.

    Lewis L. Judd;Hagop S. Akiskal;Jack D. Maser;Pamela J. Zeller

  • Major depressive disorder: A prospective study of residual subthreshold depressive symptoms as predictor of rapid relapse

    Lewis L Judd;Hagop S Akiskal;Jack D Maser;Pamela J Zeller

  • Psychosocial Disability During the Long-term Course of Unipolar Major Depressive Disorder

    Lewis L. Judd;Hagop S. Akiskal;Pamela J. Zeller;Martin Paulus

  • Psychosocial Disability in the Course of Bipolar I and II Disorders A Prospective, Comparative, Longitudinal Study

    Lewis L. Judd;Hagop S. Akiskal;Pamela J. Schettler;Jean Endicott

  • Does incomplete recovery from first lifetime major depressive episode herald a chronic course of illness

    Lewis L. Judd;Martin J. Paulus;Pamela J. Schettler;Hagop S. Akiskal

  • A Summary of the FDA-NIMH-MATRICS Workshop on Clinical Trial Design for Neurocognitive Drugs for Schizophrenia

    Robert W Buchanan;Miriam Davis;Donald Goff;Michael F Green

  • Mental disorders and disability among patients in a primary care group practice.

    Mark Olfson;Bruce Fireman;Myrna M. Weissman;Andrew C. Leon

  • A randomized controlled clinical trial of psychoanalytic psychotherapy for panic disorder.

    Barbara Milrod;Andrew C. Leon;Fredric Busch;Marie Rudden

  • Long-term stability of polarity distinctions in the affective disorders.

    William Coryell;Jean Endicott;Jack D. Maser;Martin B. Keller

  • ASSESSING IMPAIRMENT IN PATIENTS WITH PANIC DISORDER: THE SHEEHAN DISABILITY SCALE

    A C Leon;M K Shear;L Portera;G L Klerman

  • Opiates, cocaine and alcohol combinations in accidental drug overdose deaths in New York City, 1990-98.

    Phillip O. Coffin;Sandro Galea;Jennifer Ahern;Andrew C. Leon

  • The social costs of anxiety disorders.

    Andrew C. Leon;Laura Portera;Myrna M. Weissman

  • Relationship between central and peripheral serotonin indexes in depressed and suicidal psychiatric inpatients

    J. John Mann;P. A. McBride;Ryan P. Brown;M. Linnoila

Frequent Co-Authors

Laura Portera
Laura Portera Cornell University
Martin B. Keller
Martin B. Keller Brown University
William Coryell
William Coryell University of Iowa
Jean Endicott
Jean Endicott Columbia University
Peter M. Marzuk
Peter M. Marzuk Cornell University
Michael E. Thase
Michael E. Thase University of Pennsylvania
Hagop S. Akiskal
Hagop S. Akiskal University of California, San Diego
Andrew A. Nierenberg
Andrew A. Nierenberg Harvard University
John C. Markowitz
John C. Markowitz Columbia University
Myrna M. Weissman
Myrna M. Weissman Columbia University

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