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Francis S. Lee
Psychiatry/Pharmacology; Chair and Psychiatrist-in-Chief
Mortimer D. Sackler, M.D. Professor in Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine
Contact Information
525 East 68th Street, Box 171
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, NY 10065
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(212) 746-3770
Francis S. Lee
Psychiatry/Pharmacology; Chair and Psychiatrist-in-Chief
Mortimer D. Sackler, M.D. Professor in Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine
Expertise
Molecular neurobiology; psychiatry
Current Research Interest
Neural plasticity factors including neurotrophins and cannabinoids; mouse models of anxiety and fear-related behaviors
Distinction
National Academy of Medicine
Selected Publications
Giza, Joanna I., Jihye Kim, Heidi C. Meyer, Agustin Anastasia, Iva Dincheva, Crystal I. Zheng, Katherine Lopez, et al. “The BDNF Val66Met Prodomain Disassembles Dendritic Spines Altering Fear Extinction Circuitry and Behavior.” Neuron 99, no. 1 (2018): 163-178.
Meyer, Heidi C., and Francis S. Lee. “Translating Developmental Neuroscience to Understand Risk for Psychiatric Disorders.” The American Journal of Psychiatry 176 (2019): 179-185.