Rachel Marsh, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology (in Psychiatry), Division of Child and Adolescent Psychaitry

Deputy Training Director of the Research in Child Psychiatry T32 Program,
Columbia University

Liason Director for International Visiting Faculty in Child Psychiatry,
Columbia University


Dr. Rachel Marsh's research involves the application of neuroimaging, particularly fMRI, to the study of brain-behavior associations in normal development and in disorders that arise during childhood and adolescence, such as Tourette syndrome, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, and Eating Disorders.

She is the recipient of an NIMH-funded Mentored Research Scientist Development Award, a NARSAD Yong Investigator Award, and an award from the Sackler Institute for Developmental Psychobiology.
Undergraduate:  Skidmore College, B.A., 1993-1997
Graduate:  Graduate Center, City University of NY, Ph.D., 1999-2003
Fellowship:  Columbia University, NIMH-sponsored T32 in Child Psychiatry, 2003-2004
Post-Graduate:  Columbia University, NIMH-sponsored T32 in Developmental Psychobiology, 2004-2006

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Address:
NYS Psychiatric Institute
Room 2425  Unit/Box:74
1051 Riverside Drive
New York, NY   10032

Phone: 212-543-5384
Fax: 212-543-0522
marshr@childpsych.columbia.edu


I am using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to study adolescents with and without Bulimia Nervosa (BN) and sub-clinical BN. The aim of this study is to investigate the neurobiological factors that may contribute to the development and persistence of BN.

1. Marsh, R., Steinglass, J.E., Gerber, A.J., O'Leary, K.G., Wang, Z., Walsh, B. T., Peterson, B.S.: Deficient Activity in the Neural Systems that Mediate Self-Regulatory Control in Bulimia Nervosa.  Archives of General Psychiatry  2009;66/1: 1-13

2. Marsh R, Gerber AJ, Peterson BS.: Neuroimaging studies of normal brain development & their relevance for understanding childhood neuropsychiatric disorders.  Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry  2008;47/11: 1233-51

3. Marsh R, Zhu H, Schultz, B, Quackenbush G, Royal, J, Skudlarski P, Peterson BS: A developmental fMRI study of self-regulatory control.  Human Brain Mapping  2006;27/11: 848-863

4. Marsh R, Zhu H, Skudlarski P, Wang Z, Peterson BS: A developmental fMRI study of self-regulatory control in Tourette Syndrome.  American Journal of Psychiatry  2006;164/6

5. Marsh R, Alexander GM, Packard MG, Zhu H, Wingard JC, Quackenbush G, Peterson BS: Habit learning in Tourette syndrome: A translational neuroscience approach to a developmental Psychopathology.  Archives of General Psychiatry  2004;61: 1258-68

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