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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in France Leader Award
  • 2021 - Inserm Grand Prize
  • 2018 - ECNP Neuropsychopharmacology Award
  • 2011 - Mogens Schou Award of the International Society for Bipolar Disorder
  • 2002 - Inserm Prize for Public Health Research

Overview

Marion Leboyer is affiliated with Paris-Est Créteil University in France and has an extensive publication record primarily in the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience.

The principal areas of their research include Psychiatry and Mental Health, Clinical Psychology, Biological Psychiatry, Genetics, and Neurology. These subfields underscore a focus on mental health disorders and their biological underpinnings.

Their work covers several key topics, including:

  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19

Some of the recent papers featuring their contributions are:

  • Les professionnels de santé face à la pandémie de la maladie à coronavirus (COVID-19): quels risques pour leur santé mentale?, 2020, L Encéphale
  • Mental disorders and risk of COVID-19-related mortality, hospitalisation, and intensive care unit admission: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2021, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Ensuring mental health care during the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in France: A narrative review, 2020, L Encéphale
  • Assurer les soins aux patients souffrant de troubles psychiques en France pendant l'épidémie à SARS-CoV-2, 2020, L Encéphale
  • A Delphi-method-based consensus guideline for definition of treatment-resistant depression for clinical trials, 2021, Molecular Psychiatry

Frequent co-authors working with Marion Leboyer include:

  • Bruno Étain
  • Ophélia Godin
  • Philippe Courtet
  • Frank Bellivier
  • Caroline Dubertret

Leboyer's publications frequently appear in the following journals and venues:

  • Translational Psychiatry
  • Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • L Encéphale
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

This profile reflects Marion Leboyer's broad research interests and contributions, emphasizing mental health disorders in clinical and biological contexts, as well as specific engagements with COVID-19-related mental health challenges.

Best Publications

  • Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs

    S. Hong Lee;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Stephen V. Faraone

  • Functional impact of global rare copy number variation in autism spectrum disorders

    Dalila Pinto;Alistair T. Pagnamenta;Lambertus Klei;Richard Anney

  • Mutations of the X-linked genes encoding neuroligins NLGN3 and NLGN4 are associated with autism.

    Stéphane Jamain;Hélène Quach;Catalina Betancur;Maria Råstam

  • Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

    Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters

  • Mutations in the gene encoding the synaptic scaffolding protein SHANK3 are associated with autism spectrum disorders.

    Christelle M Durand;Catalina Betancur;Tobias M Boeckers;Juergen Bockmann

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 30 loci associated with bipolar disorder

    Eli A. Stahl;Eli A. Stahl;Gerome Breen;Andreas J. Forstner;Andrew McQuillin

  • Mapping autism risk loci using genetic linkage and chromosomal rearrangements

    Peter Szatmari;Andrew D. Paterson;Lonnie Zwaigenbaum;Wendy Roberts

  • Large-scale genome-wide association analysis of bipolar disorder identifies a new susceptibility locus near ODZ4

    Pamela Sklar;Pamela Sklar;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Laura J. Scott;Ole A. Andreassen

  • Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology

    Niamh Mullins;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Kevin S. O'Connell;Kevin S. O'Connell;Brandon Coombes

  • Convergence of Genes and Cellular Pathways Dysregulated in Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Dalila Pinto;Elsa Delaby;Elsa Delaby;Elsa Delaby;Daniele Merico;Mafalda Barbosa

  • Promoting social behavior with oxytocin in high-functioning autism spectrum disorders

    Elissar Andari;Jean René Duhamel;Tiziana Zalla;Evelyn Herbrecht

  • Psychiatric and psychosocial problems in adults with normal-intelligence autism spectrum disorders.

    Björn Hofvander;Richard Delorme;Pauline Chaste;Agneta Nydén

  • Autism risk factors: genes, environment, and gene-environment interactions.

    Pauline Chaste;Marion Leboyer

  • The contribution of cannabis use to variation in the incidence of psychotic disorder across Europe (EU-GEI): a multicentre case-control study

    Marta Di Forti;Marta Di Forti;Marta Di Forti;Diego Quattrone;Diego Quattrone;Diego Quattrone;Tom P. Freeman;Giada Tripoli

  • Genomic Dissection of Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia, Including 28 Subphenotypes

    Douglas M. Ruderfer;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Andrew McQuillin;James Boocock

  • A genome-wide linkage and association scan reveals novel loci for autism

    Lauren A. Weiss;Lauren A. Weiss;Dan E. Arking;Mark J. Daly;Mark J. Daly;Aravinda Chakravarti

  • Psychiatric genome-wide association study analyses implicate neuronal, immune and histone pathways

    Colm O'Dushlaine;Lizzy Rossin;Phil H. Lee;Laramie Duncan;Laramie Duncan

  • A genome-wide scan for common alleles affecting risk for autism

    Richard Anney;Lambertus Klei;Dalila Pinto;Regina Regan

  • Genome-wide scan for autism susceptibility genes. Paris Autism Research International Sibpair Study.

    Anne Philippe;Anne Philippe;Maria Martinez;Michel Guilloud-Bataille;Christopher Gillberg

  • Convergence of genes and cellular pathways dysregulated in autism spectrum disorders

    Dalila Pinto;Elsa Delaby;Daniele Merico;Mafalda Barbosa

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruno Etain
Bruno Etain Université Paris Cité
Catalina Betancur
Catalina Betancur Sorbonne University
Pierre-Michel Llorca
Pierre-Michel Llorca University of Clermont Auvergne
Thomas Bourgeron
Thomas Bourgeron Université Paris Cité
Philippe Courtet
Philippe Courtet University of Montpellier
Sven Cichon
Sven Cichon University of Basel
Christopher Gillberg
Christopher Gillberg University of Gothenburg
Mikael Landén
Mikael Landén University of Gothenburg

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