Professor Armin Raznahan

Background

Professor Raznahan read medicine at King’s College London, and then stayed in London to train in paediatrics at King’s College Hospital and psychiatry at the Maudsley, before specialising in child and adolescent psychiatry and securing a PhD in biological psychiatry at the Maudsley/Institute of Psychiatry. He moved to the US in 2010 to undertake postdoctoral training in developmental neuroimaging and functional genomics at the National Institute of Mental Health Intramural Research Program (NIMH IRP). Professor Raznahan joined the NIH-Lasker Clinical Research Scholars Program in 2015 and became a tenured Senior Investigator at the NIMH IRP in 2020. 

Professor Raznahan is a member of the UK Royal Colleges of Paediatrics and Psychiatry, the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, and the American Society for Clinical Investigation. He is currently President-Elect of the Organization for the Study of Sex Differences. His research group has been recognized by awards from the NIMH Director (Outstanding Mentorship and Scientific Contributions), ACNP (Eva King-Killam Award for Translational Research) and the American Psychopathological Association (Robins-Guze Award).

Research

Professor Raznahan is a child and adolescent psychiatrist who uses clinical, neuroimaging, and genomic research methods to better understand neurodevelopmental risk factors and identify opportunities for improved care. His lab and he has been particularly focused on: (i) studying developmental outcomes in groups at high genetic risk, (ii) understanding how sex can influence so many mental outcomes, and (iii) building computational tools to bridge different scales of brain measurement.