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Gholson J. Lyon, M.D., Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in Human Genetics at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the NYU Child Study Center.Dr. Lyon completed his adult training at the New York State Psychiatric Institute/New York Presbyterian Hospital – Columbia, where he became interested in the role that dopamine plays in a variety of illnesses, including schizophrenia, ADHD, and Tourette’s syndrome, and how this can be studied using animal models, genetics, and neuroimaging. Other areas of interest include evidence-based psychiatric training and education.Dr. Lyon completed his undergraduate education at Dartmouth College, where he studied biochemistry and molecular biology. He received an M.Phil. in genetics from the University of Cambridge, England and a Ph.D. in protein and peptide chemistry at Rockefeller University. He completed his medical education at Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Gholson also completed his Child and Adolescent Residency at the NYU Child Study Center.He is currently a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the American Psychiatric Association, the American Neuropsychiatric Association, the New York Academy of Sciences, the New York Academy of Medicine, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has published in the areas of biochemistry, pharmacology, and molecular biology.