ChristopherAWalshMD

Neurology • Boston, MA

Bullard Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital

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Office
77 Avenue Louis Pasteur
Boston, MA 02115
Phone+1 617-667-0813

Fax+1 617-667-8022

Summary

Christopher A. Walsh Laboratory - Research on Developmental Disorders of the Bra

The Christopher A. Walsh Laboratory conducts research on genes involved in disorders of brain development including polymicrogyria, heterotopia, microcephaly, l

Education & Training

Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Neurology, 1986 - 1989
Massachusetts General HospitalInternship, Internal Medicine, 1985 - 1986
University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of MedicineClass of 1985

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 1989 - 2025
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Kavli Neuroscience Prize Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, 2022
Gruber Neuroscience Award (with Christine Petit) Gruber Foundation, 2021
Distinguished Alumni Award University of Chicago Medical & Biological Sciences Alumni Association, 2020
Member National Academy of Sciences, 2018
Member American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2018
Member National Academy of Medicine
Perl Neuroscience Award University of North Carolina, 2016
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2009
Investigator Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 2002
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Clinical Trials

Human Epilepsy Genetics--Neuronal Migration Disorders Study Start of enrollment: 1996 Apr 01
Recruiting

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

910 citations
Insights into Autism Spectrum Disorder Genomic Architecture and Biology from 71 Risk Loci.
Stephen Sanders, Xin He, A. Jeremy Willsey, A. Gulhan Ercan-Sencicek, Kaitlin E. Samocha
Neuron. 2015-09-23
7 citations
Variants in ADD1 cause intellectual disability, corpus callosum dysgenesis, and ventriculomegaly in humans
Cai Qi, Irena Feng, Ana Costa, Rita Pinto-Costa, Jennifer E. Neil
Genetics in Medicine. 2021-11-01
1186 citations
Large-Scale Exome Sequencing Study Implicates Both Developmental and Functional Changes in the Neurobiology of Autism
F. Kyle Satterstrom, Jack A. Kosmicki, Jiebiao Wang, Michael S. Breen, Silvia De Rubeis
Cell. 2020-02-06

Journal Articles

Somatic Mosaicism and Neurodevelopmental Disease
Christopher Walsh, MD, Nature
De Novo and Inherited Private Variants in MAP1B in Periventricular Nodular Heterotopia
Annapurna Poduri, Xiaolin Zhu, William B Dobyns, Christopher A Walsh, PLoS One

Press Mentions

Existing Cancer Therapies Show Promise for Drug-Resistant Epilepsy TreatmentMay 6th, 2023
Walsh Receives Kavli PrizeJune 1st, 2022
Beyond Fluid Buildup: Rethinking Congenital HydrocephalusMay 2nd, 2022
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Grant Support

Somatic Mutations In Epilepsy: Whole Genome Sequence Analysis Of Single NeuronsNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2012
Human Epilepsy Genetics - Neuronal Migration DisordersNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2009–2012
Cell Identity Determination In Cerebral CortexNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2009–2011
Finding Autism Genes By Genomic Copy Number AnalysisNational Institute Of Mental Health2007–2011
Human Autism Genetics And Activity Dependent Gene ActivationNational Institute Of Mental Health2009–2010
Genetic Analysis Of Microcephaly In Tunisian PopulationFogarty International Center2008–2009
Signal Transduction In Neuron Migration &Axon GuidanceNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2006–2009
Human Epilepsy Genetics Neuronal Migration DisordersNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2007–2008
Cell Identity Determination In Cerebral CortexNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke1995–2008
Signal Transduction In Neuron Migration And Axon GuidanceNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2007
Medical Scientists Training ProgramNational Institute Of General Medical Sciences2003–2006
Human Epilepsy Genetics Neuronal Migration DisordersNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2002–2006
Genetics Of Epilepsy And Cognitive DisordersNational Center For Research Resources2004–2005
Signal Transduction In Neuron Migration &Axon GuidanceNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2000–2005
Signal Transduction, Cytoskeletal Reorganization And Neuronal MigrationNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2000–2002
Signal Transduction Pathways For Neuronal MigrationNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke1999–2000
Human Epilepsy Genetics--Neuronal Migration DisordersNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke1997–2000
Genes Affecting Neural Cell Fate DecisionsNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke1994–1996
Analysis Of Genes Affecting Neural Cell Fate DecisionsNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke1993
Analysis Of Genes Affecting Neural Cell Fate DecisionsNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke1992
Transfer Of Growth-Related Genes Into Developing RetinaNational Eye Institute1987