Carrie Bearden

Professor
University of California, Los Angeles

Carrie Bearden is professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles.

 

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Spectrum

Same DNA deletion paves paths to autism, schizophrenia

By Carrie Bearden
18 October 2016 | 5 min read

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Exclusive: Janelia sunsets rodent work, launches transparent fish project

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Research Campus is banking on whole-brain imaging in the Danionella fish to advance neuroscience, but some scientists forced to close their labs say that even with a three-year runway and transitional support, they feel betrayed by the pivot.

By Calli McMurray
22 June 2026 | 5 min read