Volney L Sheen, MD,PhD
Associate Professor
Neurology
Contact Information
| Office: | CL-0643 |
| Phone: | 617-667-7000 |
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| Email: | vsheen@bidmc.harvard.edu |
| Address: | 330 Brookline Ave; CL-0643
Boston, MA 02215 |
Advanced Degree And Training
| Year | Institution | Area or Rank |
| 1997 | Harvard Medical School | MD PhD in Neuroscience |
| 1997 | Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital | Neurology fellow |
| 2001 | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | Instructor |
| 2004 | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | Assistant Professor |
Research Lab Team Members
| Gewei Lian PhD |
Areas of Interest
| 3 Neuroscience |
Major Research Theme
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Our laboratory has three related, central areas of investigation: 1) Generation and characterization of ventricular zone-derived human neural stem cells from developmental disorders of the central nervous system such as Down Syndrome, 2) Genetic studies of inherited disorders of neural stem cell development and 3) Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying neural stem cell development. |
Publications
External Recognition
| Alzheimer's Association Young Investigator Award 2008 Doris Duke Clinical Investigator Development Award 2007 Beckman Young Investigator Award 2005 Ellison Foundation Award 2006 Milton Award 2005 Grand Rounds speaker Vanderbilt University Department of Neurology, 2004 Grand Rounds speaker Duke University Department of Neurology, 2004 Invited Speaker, Catastrophic Epilepsies, American Epilepsy Society Meeting, 2004 Invited Speaker, Human Neural Precursors from Developmental Disorders, National Disease Research Interchange, 2005 Invited Speaker, Development of the cerebral cortex, Children's Neurobiological Solutions Foundation, 2005 Invited Speaker, American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, 2006 Invited Speaker, Neurogenetics for the Practitioner NYU Medical School, 2006 |
Major Collaborative Activities
| Collaborations with BIDMC Department of Pathology Collaborations with Brigham and Women's Hospital Department of Pathology Collaborations with Children's Hospital Department of Pathology |
Investigator's Lab Web Site
| Research Lab URL | None listed |
| Harvard Catalyst Site: | Sheen Harvard Catalyst Web Site |
