Matthew W. State, M.D., Ph.D.

Matthew W. State, M.D., Ph.D.
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Scientific Council Member (Joined 2015)

2012 Ruane Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Research

Matthew W. State, M.D., Ph.D.

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Oberndorf Family Distinguished Professor

Chair, UCSF Department of Psychiatry

Director, Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute and Hospital

University of California, San Francisco
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Matthew State received his MD from Stanford University, completed a residency in psychiatry and fellowship in child psychiatry at UCLA, and earned a PhD in genetics from Yale University, where he joined the faculty in 2001. In 2013, he moved to UCSF as the Oberndorf Family Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry. Dr. State’s lab studies the genetics and genomics of childhood neuropsychiatric disorders. He co-leads several international genomics collaborations, including the NIH-funded Autism Sequencing Consortium and has been the recipient of multiple awards, including recent induction into the Institute of Medicine and The AACAP George Tarjan Award for Contributions in Developmental Disabilities.

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