ReneLOlveraMD

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Dielmann Distinguished Professor and Chair Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

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Dr. Rene Olvera is a psychiatrist in San Antonio, TX and is affiliated with University Health. He received his medical degree from University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and has been in practice 27 years. He specializes in child & adolescent psychiatry and is experienced in diffusion tensor imaging, post-traumatic stress disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and bipolar disorders .

University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of MedicineFellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1993 - 1995
University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterResidency, Psychiatry, 1990 - 1993
University of Texas Southwestern Medical SchoolClass of 1990
Harvard University BA, Biology , 1982 - 1986

PubMed

3 citations
Genetic variants for head size share genes and pathways with cancer.
Maria J Knol, Raymond A Poot, Tavia E Evans, Claudia L Satizabal, Aniket Mishra
Cell Reports. Medicine. 2024-05-21
Cocktail-party listening and cognitive abilities show strong pleiotropy.
Samuel R Mathias, Emma E M Knowles, Josephine Mollon, Amanda L Rodrigue, Mary K Woolsey
Frontiers in Neurology. 2023-01-01
1 citations
The Genetic contribution to solving the cocktail-party problem.
Samuel R Mathias, Emma E M Knowles, Josephine Mollon, Amanda L Rodrigue, Mary K Woolsey
Iscience. 2022-09-16

Journal Articles

Disentangling the Genetic Overlap Between Cholesterol and Suicide Risk
David C Glahn, Rene L Olvera, Ravi Duggirala, Nature

Life-Saving Meds for Opioid Use Disorder Out of Reach for Too ManyJuly 12th, 2023

MRI Study Of Impulse And Mood Disorders In Youth OffendersNational Center For Research Resources2005–2008
MRI Study Of Impulse &Mood Disorders In Youth OffendersNational Institute Of Mental Health2004–2008