Daniel Wonjae Chung, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Areas of Expertise

  • Emergency & Crisis
  • Psychosis
  • AI & Computational Methods
  • Basic & Translational Neuroscience
Daniel Wonjae Chung, MD, PhD
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Expertise & Interests

Research Interests

Schizophrenia; Expansion microscopy; Computational modeling

Selected Publications

  1. Chung DW, Wills ZP, Fish KN, Lewis DA. Developmental pruning of excitatory synaptic inputs to parvalbumin interneurons in monkey prefrontal cortex. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017;114:E629-E637.
  2. Chung Y, Dienel SJ, Belch MJ, Fish KN, Ermentrout GB, Lewis DA, Chung DW. Altered Rbfox1-Vamp1 pathway and prefrontal cortical dysfunction in schizophrenia. Molecular psychiatry 2024; 29(5): 1382-1391.
  3. Chung DW, Geramita MA, Lewis DA. Synaptic variability and cortical gamma oscillation power in schizophrenia. Am J Psychiatry. 2022;179:277-287.
  4. Chung DW, Chung Y, Bazmi HH, Lewis DA. Altered ErbB4 splicing and cortical parvalbumin interneuron dysfunction in schizophrenia and mood disorders. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2018;43(12):2478-2486
  5. Chung DW, Fish KN, Lewis DA. Pathological basis for deficient excitatory drive to cortical parvalbumin interneurons in schizophrenia. Am J Psychiatry. 2016;173:1131-1139.

Education & Credentials

Education & Training

Education
MD, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
Education
PhD, Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
Residency
General Adult Psychiatry, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
Postdoctoral
Neurophotonics, University of Pittsburgh

Selected Honors & Awards

  • Kempf Fund Award for Research Development in Psychobiological Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Association
  • Danny Hurley Schizophrenia Research Award, University of Pittsburgh Department of Psychiatry
  • Outstanding Resident Award, National Institute of Mental Health

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