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Clement Zai is an Associate Professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health. His research focuses on pharmacogenetics studies, particularly in schizophrenia patients, aiming to elucidate the mechanisms underlying psychiatric disorders and suicidal behavior. Dr. Zai has conducted significant studies related to antipsychotic-induced side effects, including tardive dyskinesia, and has expanded his portfolio to include genetic studies of suicidal ideation and behavior, PTSD, childhood-onset high aggression, and bipolar disorder. His work employs multidisciplinary research strategies encompassing high-throughput genetic analyses, animal behavioral models, and interactions with social and environmental factors, utilizing large datasets to yield findings that may contribute to suicide prevention and improved outcomes for psychiatric patients. Dr. Zai is also engaged as a staff scientist in a federally funded randomized controlled trial for pharmacogenetics.
Department of Sociology