Matthew W. State, MD, PhD
Donald J. Cohen Professor in the Child Study Center and Professor of Genetics and of Psychiatry; Co-Director, Yale Program on Neurogenetics; Deputy Chairman for Research, Department of Psychiatry

Departments & Organizations
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Neuroscience | Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development: Genetics and GenomicsInterdepartmental Neuroscience Program
Yale Medical Group
Albert J. Solnit Integrated Training Program
Collaborators
Kavli Foundation
Child Study Center: NIMH Research Training Program in Childhood-onset Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Genetics
Psychiatry
Research Interests
Genetic mechanisms; neuropsychiatric disorders of childhood
Clinical Interests
Child and adolescent psychiatry; genetic syndromes; Tourette's syndrome; Obsessive/Compulsive Disorder (OCD); developmental delay; mental retardation
Education
- M.D., Stanford University, 1991
- Ph.D., Yale University School of Medicine, 2001
Selected Publication
- Sanders SJ, Ercan-Sencicek AG, Hus V, Luo R, Murtha MT, Moreno-De-Luca D, Chu SH, Moreau MP, Gupta AR, Thomson SA, Mason CE, Bilguvar K, Celestino-Soper PB, Choi M, Crawford EL, Davis L, Davis Wright NR, Dhodapkar RM, Dicola M, Dilullo NM, Fernandez TV, Fielding-Singh V, Fishman DO, Frahm S, Garagaloyan R, Goh GS, Kammela S, Klei L, Lowe JK, Lund SC, McGrew AD, Meyer KA, Moffat WJ, Murdoch JD, O'Roak BJ, Ober GT, Pottenger RS, Raubeson MJ, Song Y, Wang Q, Yaspan BL, Yu TW, Yurkiewicz IR, Beaudet AL, Cantor RM, Curland M, Grice DE, Günel M, Lifton RP, Mane SM, Martin DM, Shaw CA, Sheldon M, Tischfield JA, Walsh CA, Morrow EM, Ledbetter DH, Fombonne E, Lord C, Martin CL, Brooks AI, Sutcliffe JS, Cook EH Jr, Geschwind D, Roeder K, Devlin B, State MW. Multiple Recurrent De Novo CNVs, Including Duplications of the 7q11.23 Williams Syndrome Region, Are Strongly Associated with Autism, Neuron. 2011 Jun 9;70(5):863-85.
Articles
July/August 2010
Faulty histamine gene is a factor in Tourette’s
Best known for triggering symptoms of hay fever, histamine also acts as a neurotransmitter in the brain. A new genetic...

Sept/Oct 2008
Genetics researcher is named inaugural Cohen Professor
Matthew W. State, M.D., Ph.D., an authority on the genetics of psychiatric disorders in children, has been named the...

March/April 2008
Gene-hunters search the world for treatments
Yale researchers are going to the ends of the earth to find the genetic causes of human disease. The inspiration for...

Jan/Feb 2006
Making a major impact in Science
When French neurologist Gilles de la Tourette first cataloged the persistent muscle tics and involuntary vocal...


