Catherine Brownstein
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School
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- Harvard Medical School
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Biography
Harvard Medical School
Dr. Brownstein is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, a Research Associate in Genetics and Genomics at Boston Children’s Hospital, and the Assistant Director of the Molecular Genomics Core Facility. Dr. Brownstein has over 10 years of experience in genetics and toxicology, specializing in gene discovery. Before joining BCH in 2011 Dr. Brownstein worked as a toxicologist for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, and at various startups in Health 2.0.
Dr. Brownstein specializes in the discovery of new genes for rare and orphan diseases. She has put her background and training to use in projects with the Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research, the Developmental Neuropsychiatry Program, The Tommy Fuss Center, and Robert’s Program in Sudden and Unexpected Death in Pediatrics. Her research has elucidated phosphate regulation and the genetic causes of intellectual disability.
Education
Yale University
PhD, GeneticsYale University
Master of Public Health (MPH), 2000Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Master of Environmental Management (MEM)Amherst College
B.A., Psychology
Selected Publications
- Brownstein CA, Towne MC, Luquette LJ, Harris DJ, Marinakis NS, et al. Mutation of KCNJ8 in a patient with Cantú syndrome with unique vascular abnormalities - support for the role of K(ATP) channels in this condition. Eur J Med Genet. 2013 Dec;56(12):678-82. PMCID: PMC3902017
- Brownstein CA, Beggs AH, Homer N, Merriman B, Yu TW, et al. An international effort towards developing standards for best practices in analysis, interpretation and reporting of clinical genome sequencing results in the CLARITY Challenge. Genome Biol. 2014 Mar 25;15(3):R53. PMCID: PMC4073084
- Smedemark-Margulies N, Brownstein CA, Vargas S, Tembulkar SK, Towne MC, et al. A novel de novo mutation in ATP1A3 and childhood-onset schizophrenia. Cold Spring Harb Mol Case Stud. 2016 Sep;2(5).
- Brownstein CA, Beggs AH, Rodan L, et al. Clinical heterogeneity associated with KCNA1 mutations include cataplexy and nonataxic presentations. Neurogenetics. 2015 Sep 22. PMID: 26395884
- Brownstein CA, Kleiman RJ, Engle EC, Towne MC, D'Angelo EJ, et al. Overlapping 16p13.11 deletion and gain of copies variations associated with childhood onset psychosis include genes with mechanistic implications for autism associated pathways: Two case reports. Am J Med Genet A. 2016 May;170A(5):1165-73.
Videos
Catherine Brownstein Presents “Big Data, Big Science, Smart Medicine”
Amherst Alumni in the Field : Catherine Brownstein '97
Catherine Brownstein - ATP1A3 Symposium in Disease, Chicago 2018
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