Heather Berlin
Heather Berlin | |
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Berlin in 2014 | |
| Born | Heather A. Berlin New York, New York, U.S. |
| Other names | Heather Berlin |
| Alma mater | Magdalen College, University of Oxford (DPhil) Harvard University (MPH) |
| Spouse | Baba Brinkman (2013-2024) |
| Awards | Young Investigator Award American Neuropsychiatric Association Clifford Yorke Prize International Neuropsychoanalysis Society |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neuroscience Psychology Science Communication |
| Institutions | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medicine |
| Thesis | Impulsivity, the orbitofrontal cortex and borderline personality disorder (2003) |
| Doctoral advisors | Susan Iversen Edmund Rolls |
| Website | heatherberlin |
Heather A. Berlin is an American neuroscientist and licensed clinical psychologist noted for her work in science communication and science outreach. Her research focuses on brain-behavior relationships affecting the prevention and treatment of impulsive and compulsive psychiatric disorders. She is also interested in the neural basis of consciousness, dynamic unconscious processes, and creativity. Berlin is host of the PBS Nova series Your Brain, the PBS series Science Goes to the Movies, the Discovery Channel series Superhuman Showdown, and StarTalk All-Stars with Neil DeGrasse Tyson.