Ralph Nixon M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Psychiatry and Cell Biology / Vice Chairman of Research, Department of Psychiatry / Director of Silberstein Institute / Director of Silberstein Institute

Departments of Psychiatry and Cell Biology

Education and General Information

Medical Education

1979-1980 Resident in Psychiatry, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA 1969

Graduate Education

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 1969-1974; 1974 Harvard University (Cell and Developmental Biology)

Internships

1976-1977 Medical Intern, Salem Hospital, Salem, MA

Medical Interests

Regulation of protein structure and function by proteolysis and phosphorylation Cell and molecular biology of the neuronal cytoskeleton Molecular mechanisms of brain aging and cell death Pathogenesis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease