Research
The McCarthy Lab
The McCarthy laboratory is focused on the molecular genetics of mood disorders. Research areas covered include genetic, molecular, and cellular mechanisms underlying bipolar disorder, major depression, and comorbid conditions like substance abuse and metabolic disease. The laboratory has three main research areas that are currently active:
- circadian mechanisms in cellular models of bipolar disorder;
- circadian mechanisms of antipsychotic induced metabolic disorders
- identifying biomarkers of treatment response in human subjects.