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Overview

Faith Dickerson is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the United States and focuses their research primarily in the field of medicine. Their work spans several subfields including psychiatry and mental health, genetics, biological psychiatry, physiology, and molecular biology.

The core topics in Dickerson's research portfolio include tryptophan and brain disorders, schizophrenia research and treatment, genetic associations and epidemiology, genomics and rare diseases, gut microbiota and health, bipolar disorder and treatment, and smoking behavior and cessation.

Several recent publications reflect the scope of their scientific contributions. These include:

  • Mapping genomic loci implicates genes and synaptic biology in schizophrenia (2022, Nature)
  • Exome sequencing in bipolar disorder identifies AKAP11 as a risk gene shared with schizophrenia (2022, Nature Genetics)
  • Effect of a Comprehensive Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Intervention in Persons With Serious Mental Illness (2020, JAMA Network Open)
  • Schizophrenia risk conferred by rare protein-truncating variants is conserved across diverse human populations (2023, Nature Genetics)
  • The oropharyngeal microbiome is altered in individuals with schizophrenia and mania (2020, Schizophrenia Research)

Faith Dickerson frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Schizophrenia Research
  • Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • JMIR Research Protocols
  • Journal of Affective Disorders Reports

Collaborative efforts feature several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Robert H. Yolken
  • Gail L. Daumit
  • Andrea Origoni
  • Emily Katsafanas
  • Kelly Rowe

Best Publications

  • The 2009 Schizophrenia PORT Psychosocial Treatment Recommendations and Summary Statements

    Lisa B. Dixon;Faith Dickerson;Alan S. Bellack;Alan S. Bellack;Melanie Bennett;Melanie Bennett

  • The Schizophrenia Patient Outcomes Research Team (PORT): Updated Treatment Recommendations 2003

    Anthony F. Lehman;Julie Kreyenbuhl;Robert W. Buchanan;Faith B. Dickerson

  • The Schizophrenia Patient Outcomes Research Team (PORT): Updated Treatment Recommendations 2009

    Julie Kreyenbuhl;Robert W. Buchanan;Faith B. Dickerson;Lisa B. Dixon;Lisa B. Dixon

  • A Behavioral Weight-Loss Intervention in Persons with Serious Mental Illness

    Gail L. Daumit;Faith B. Dickerson;Nae Yuh Wang;Arlene Dalcin

  • Experiences of stigma among outpatients with schizophrenia

    Faith B. Dickerson;Jewel Sommerville;Andrea E. Origoni;Norman B. Ringel

  • Physical activity patterns in adults with severe mental illness.

    Gail L. Daumit;Richard W. Goldberg;Richard W. Goldberg;Richard W. Goldberg;Christopher Anthony;Faith Dickerson

  • Comorbidity of medical illnesses among adults with serious mental illness who are receiving community psychiatric services.

    Joseph Sokal;Erick Messias;Faith B. Dickerson;Julie Kreyenbuhl

  • A Placebo-Controlled Trial of Omega-3 Fatty Acid (Ethyl Eicosapentaenoic Acid) Supplementation for Residual Symptoms and Cognitive Impairment in Schizophrenia

    Wayne S. Fenton;Faith Dickerson;John Boronow;Joseph R. Hibbeln

  • Neuropsychological Functioning in Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia

    David J. Schretlen;Nicola G. Cascella;Stephen M. Meyer;Lisle R. Kingery

  • Cigarette Smoking Among Persons With Schizophrenia or Bipolar Disorder in Routine Clinical Settings, 1999–2011

    Faith Dickerson;Catherine R. Stallings;Andrea E. Origoni;Crystal Vaughan

  • The microbiome, immunity, and schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

    Faith Dickerson;Emily Severance;Robert Yolken

  • Association of serum antibodies to herpes simplex virus 1 with cognitive deficits in individuals with schizophrenia

    Faith B. Dickerson;John J. Boronow;Cassie Stallings;Andrea E. Origoni

  • C-reactive protein is associated with the severity of cognitive impairment but not of psychiatric symptoms in individuals with schizophrenia.

    Faith Dickerson;Cassie Stallings;Andrea Origoni;John Boronow

  • Toxoplasma gondii antibody titers and history of suicide attempts in patients with recurrent mood disorders.

    Timothy A. Arling;Robert H. Yolken;Manana Lapidus;Patricia Langenberg

  • Cognitive functioning in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: comparison of performance on the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status.

    Faith Dickerson;John J. Boronow;Cassie Stallings;Andrea E. Origoni

  • Association between cognitive functioning and employment status of persons with bipolar disorder

    Faith B. Dickerson;John J. Boronow;Cassie R. Stallings;Andrea E. Origoni

  • Social functioning and neurocognitive deficits in outpatients with schizophrenia: a 2-year follow-up.

    Faith Dickerson;John J Boronow;Norman Ringel;Frederick Parente

  • Obesity among individuals with serious mental illness

    F. B. Dickerson;C. H. Brown;J. A. Kreyenbuhl;L. Fang

  • Cognitive behavioral psychotherapy for schizophrenia: a review of recent empirical studies

    Faith B Dickerson

  • Coronavirus Immunoreactivity in Individuals With a Recent Onset of Psychotic Symptoms

    Emily G. Severance;Faith B. Dickerson;Raphael P. Viscidi;Ioannis Bossis

Frequent Co-Authors

Lisa B. Dixon
Lisa B. Dixon Columbia University
Yu-Tao Xiang
Yu-Tao Xiang University of Macau
Helen F.K. Chiu
Helen F.K. Chiu Chinese University of Hong Kong
Vishwajit L. Nimgaonkar
Vishwajit L. Nimgaonkar University of Pittsburgh
Kelly Y. C. Lai
Kelly Y. C. Lai Chinese University of Hong Kong
Ruben C. Gur
Ruben C. Gur University of Pennsylvania
Corinne Cather
Corinne Cather Harvard University
Marion Leboyer
Marion Leboyer Paris-Est Créteil University
Raquel E. Gur
Raquel E. Gur University of Pennsylvania
Dwight Dickinson
Dwight Dickinson National Institutes of Health

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