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Debby W. Tsuang, M.D.

Position: Assistant Professor

Qualifications:

• B.S., University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Psychology, 1983
• M.D., University of Iowa College of Medicine, 1988
• M.S., University of Iowa College of Medicine, Epidemiology, 1992

Past Positions:

• 1999-present, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Washington
• 1999-present, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,University of Washington School of Medicine
• 1997-present, Staff Psychiatrist, Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System
• 1995-present, Investigator, University of Washington Alzheimer's Disease Research Centers

Selected Publications:

• Tsuang D, Faraone SV, Tsuang MT. The role of genetic counseling. In Stone W, Faraone S, Tsuang M. Early Clinical Intervention and Prevention in Schizophrenia, (in press).
• Tsuang D, Bird T. Genetics of dementia. In Sadavoy J, Lazarus L, Jarvik L, Grossberg G. Comprehensive Review of Geriatric Psychiatry, Third edition, (in press).
• Skol AD, Young KA, Tsuang DW, Faraone SV, Haverstock SL, Bingham S, Prabhudesai S, Mena F, Menon AS, Yu CE, Rundell P, Pepple J, Sauter F, Baldwin C, Weiss D, Collins J, Keith T, Boehnke M, Schellenberg GD, Tsuang MT. Modest evidence for linkage and possible confirmation of association between NOTCH4 and schizophrenia in a large Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study sample. Am J Med Genet (Neuropsychiatric Section) 118B:8-15, 2003.
• Faraone SV, Tsuang D, Tsuang MT. Methods in psychiatric genetics. In Tsuang M, Tohen M. Textbook in Psychiatric Epidemiology, Second edition. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2002.
• Bonner L, Tsuang D, Cherrier M, Eugenio C, Du J, Steinbart E, Limprasert P, La Spada A, Seltzer B, Bird T, Leverenz J. Familial dementia with Lewy bodies with an atypical clinical presentation. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 16:59-64, 2003.
• Tsuang DW, Faraone SV, Tsuang MT. Implications of genetics and the use of genetic counseling. Directions in Psychiatry 22:155-164, 2002.
• Tsuang D, Dalan A, Eugenio C, Poorkaj P, Limprasert P, La Spada AR, Steinbart E, Bird T, Leverenz J. Familial dementia with Lewy bodies: a clinical and neuropathological study of 2 families. Arch Neurol 59:1622-1630, 2002.
• Tsuang D, Bird T. Genetics of dementia. Medical Clinics of North America 86:591-614, 2002.
• Leverenz J, Agustin C, Tsuang D, Peskind E, Edland S, Nochlin D, DiGiacomo L, Bowen J, McCormick W, Teri L, Raskind M, Kukull W, Larson EB. Clinical and neuropathological characteristics of hippocampal sclerosis: a community-based study. Arch Neurol 59:1099-1106, 2002.
• Faraone S, Skol A, Tsuang D, Bingham S, Young K, Prabhudesai S, Haverstock S, Mena F, Menon AS, Bisset D, Pepple J, Sautter F, Baldwin C, Weiss D, Collins J, Keith T, Boehnke M, Tsuang M, Schellenberg G. Linkage of chromosome 13q32 to schizophrenia in a large veterans affairs cooperative study sample. Am J Med Genet (Neuropsychiatric Section) 114:598-604, 2002.
• Tsuang D, Skol A, Faraone S, Bingham S, Young K, Prabhudesai S, Haverstock S, Mena F, Menon AS, Bisset D, Pepple J, Sauter F, Baldwin C, Weiss D, Collins J, Boehnke M, Schellenberg G, Tsuang M. Examination of genetic linkage of chromosome 15 to schizophrenia in a large Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study sample. Am J Med Genet (Neuropsychiatric Section) 105:662-668, 2001.
• Poorkaj P, Tsuang D, Wijsman E, Steinbart E, Garruto R, Craig U, Chapman N, Anderson L, Bird T, Plato C, Perl D, Weiderholt W, Galasko D, Schellenberg G. TAU as a susceptibility gene for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-parkinsonism dementia complex of Guam. Arch Neurol 58:1871-1878, 2001.
• Tsuang D, Faraone S, Tsuang M. Psychiatric genetic counseling. In Watson S. Psychopharmacology: The Fourth Generation of Progress/CD ROM. American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2000 .
• Tsuang D, Almqvist E, Lipe H, Strgar F, DiGiacomo L, Hoff D, Eugenio C, Hayden MR, Bird TD. Familial aggregation of psychotic symptoms in Huntington's disease. Am J Psychiatry 157:1955-1959, 2000.
• Tsuang D, Larson EB, Bowen J, McCormick W, Teri L, Nochlin D, Leverenz J, Peskind ER, Lim A, Raskind M, Thompson ML, Mirra S, Gearing M, Schellenberg G, Kukull W. The utility of apolipoprotein E genotyping in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease in a community-based case series. Arch Neurol 56:1489-1495, 1999.
• Lim A, Tsuang D, Kukull W, Nochlin D, Leverenz J, McCormick W, Bowen J, Teri L, Thompson J, Peskind E, Raskind M, Larson E. Clinico-neuropathological correlation of Alzheimer's disease in a community-based case series. J Am Geriatr Soc 47:564-569, 1999.
• Faraone SV, Tsuang MT, Tsuang DW. Genetics of mental disorders: What practitioners and students need to know. New York: Guilford Press, 1999.
• Tsuang D, DiGiacomo L, Lipe H, Bird TD. Familial aggregation of schizophrenia-like symptoms in Huntington's disease. Am J Med Genet (Neuropsychiatry Section) 81:323-327, 1998.
• Levy-Lahad E, Tsuang D, Bird TD. Recent advances in the genetics of Alzheimer's disease. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 11:42-54, 1998.
• Tsuang D, Raskind MA, Leverenz J, Peskind ER, Schellenberg G, Bird TD. The effect of apolipoprotein E genotype on expression of an autosomal dominant schizophreniform disorder with progressive dementia and neurofibrillary tangles. Biol Psychiatry 41:191-195, 1997.
• Pascualy M, Tsuang D, Shores M, Agustin C, Krause E, Spain W, Bird T, Peskind E. Frontal-complex partial status epilepticus misdiagnosed as bipolar affective disorder in a 75-year-old man. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 10:158-160, 1997.
• Tsuang D, Kukull W, Sheppard L, Barnhart R, Peskind E, Edland S, Schellenberg G, Raskind M, Larson E. Impact of sample selection on APOE epsilon 4 allele frequency: a comparison of two Alzheimer's disease samples. J Am Geriatr Soc 44:704-707, 1996.
• Edland S, Silverman J, Peskind E, Tsuang D, Wijsman E, Morris J. Increased risk of dementia in mothers of Alzheimer's disease cases: evidence for maternal inheritance. Neurology 47:254-256, 1996.
• Tsuang D, Coryell W. An 8-year follow-up of patients with DSM-III-R psychotic depression, schizoaffective disorder, and schizophrenia. Am J Psychiatry 150:1182-1888, 1993.
• Tsuang D, Winokur G. Testing the validity of the neurotic depression concept. J Nerv Ment Dis 180:446-450, 1992.
• Coryell W, Tsuang D. Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis hyperactivity and psychosis: recovery during an 8-year follow-up. Am J Psychiatry 149:1033-1039, 1992.