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Brianne Disabato, MD
Current
Position
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
University Roles
Medical Director, Wohl Psychiatry Clinic
Education and Training
BA: Biology & Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis, 1998-2002
M.D: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, 2002-2006
Residency: Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, 2006-2010
Major Awards
Resident of the Year Award, Washington Univesity School of Medicine, 2010
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Fellowship
Areas of Clinical Interest
Adult and Geriatric Psychiatric Disorders including Major Depressive Disorder, Anxiety Disorders, Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder
Areas of Research Interests
My research interests include geriatric illnesses; specifically, dementias such as Alzheimer's Dementia and Late-Life Depression. I am a clinical investigator at the Washington University School of Medicine Alzheimer's Dementia Research Center. Also, I am involved in late-life depression research using neuroimaging to evaluate treatment outcomes in geriatric depression.
Key Publications
Disabato BM, Sheline YI (2012 May 6). Biological Basis of Late Life Depression. Curr Psychiatry Rep. Full Article ->
Cirrito JR, Disabato BM, Restivo JL, Verges DK, Goebel WD, Sathyan A, Hayreh D, D'Angelo G, Benzinger T, Yoon H, Kim J, Morris JC, Mintun MA, Sheline YI. Serotonin signaling is associated with lower amyloid-ß levels and plaques in transgenic mice and humans. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Sep 6;108(36):14968-73. PMID: 21873225