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Daniel Dickstein MD leads Bradley Hospital's Pedi-MIND research program, which uses brain imaging techniques, including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and behavioral measures to identify biological markers of psychiatric illness, including bipolar disorder, in children and adolescents. Such markers could help physicians make more accurate diagnoses and improve treatment.

Dr. Dickstein completed his undergraduate and medical studies in Brown University's Program in Liberal Medical Education (PLME), an 8-year combined A.B./M.D. progam. He then completed post-graduate residency training at Brown's triple board program, so named because it combined pediatrics, general psychiatry, and child/adolescent psychiatry into a single, integrated program.

From 2002-2007, Dr. Dickstein was a research fellow and then an assistant clinical investigator at the National Institute of Mental Health's (NIMH) Division of Intramural Research Programs in Bethesda, MD where he began researching brain/behavior interactions underlying pediatric bipolar disorder with Ellen Leibenluft, M.D. and Danny Pine, M.D.

In 2007, Dr. Dickstein returned to join the faculty of the Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital and the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.

Dr. Dickstein is board-certified in pediatrics, general psychiatry, and child/adolescent psychiatry, and is the recipient of numerous awards, including the NIMH's Richard J. Wyatt, MD, Memorial Fellowship Training Award for outstanding scientific accomplishment, NIMH's Mentor of the Year Award, and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Outstanding Resident Award .

In addition to research, Dr. Dickstein sees outpatients on a limited basis at Bradley Hospital.