Heather A. Berlin is an American neuroscientist and licensed clinical psychologist[2] noted for her work in science communication and science outreach.[3][4] Her research focuses on brain-behavior relationships affecting the prevention and treatment of impulsive and compulsive psychiatric disorders.[5] She is also interested in the neural basis of consciousness,[6] dynamic unconscious processes,[7] and creativity.[8] Berlin is host of the PBS Nova series Your Brain,[9] the PBS series Science Goes to the Movies,[10] the Discovery Channel series Superhuman Showdown,[11][12] and StarTalk All-Stars[13] with Neil DeGrasse Tyson.
Heather Berlin | |
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 Berlin speaking in 2014 | |
| Born | Heather A. Berlin |
| Other names | Heather Berlin |
| Alma mater | Magdalen College, University of Oxford (DPhil) Harvard University (MPH) |
| Spouse | Baba Brinkman (2013-2024) |
| Awards | Young Investigator Award American Neuropsychiatric Association Clifford Yorke Prize International Neuropsychoanalysis Society |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neuroscience Psychology Science Communication |
| Institutions | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medicine |
| Thesis | Impulsivity, the orbitofrontal cortex and borderline personality disorder (2003) |
| Doctoral advisors | Susan Iversen Edmund Rolls[1] |
| Website | heatherberlin |
Education and early life edit
Berlin was born in New York City to a Jewish family.[14] She received her doctorate in experimental psychology/neuropsychology from University of Oxford,[1] where she was a student at Magdalen College, Oxford, and her Master of Public Health from Harvard University specializing in psychiatric epidemiology and health care management/policy.[15] Berlin earned her Master's in psychology from The New School for Social Research and Bachelor of Science from Stony Brook University.[16]
Career and research edit
Berlin is an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City,[5] where she was also a National Institute of Mental Health postdoctoral fellow in psychiatry working on compulsive, impulsive, personality, and anxiety disorders. She trained in clinical neuropsychology at Weill Cornell Medicine in the Department of Neurological Surgery, and is a visiting scholar at the New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. She was a Visiting Assistant Professor at Vassar College, and a visiting lecturer at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, and at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Berlin's research has been published in American Journal of Psychiatry,[17] Journal of Personality Disorders, Psychiatry Research, Brain, and Scientific American[18] among others.
Passionate about science communication, destigmatizing mental illness, and promoting women in STEM, Berlin is a committee member of the National Academy of Sciences’ Science and Entertainment Exchange,[19] and on the inaugural committee of the National Academies’ Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communication. She has also served on the American Association for the Advancement of Science's (AAAS) Technology Engagement with the Public (CoSTEP),[20] and The New York Times series TimesTalks.[21]
She co-wrote and starred in the critically acclaimed off-Broadway and Edinburgh Fringe Festival show, Off the Top,[22] about the neuroscience of improvisation,[23] and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival show, Impulse Control.[24] Berlin has made numerous media appearances including on the History Channel, Netflix (Chelsea Does Drugs with Chelsea Handler, and The Mind, Explained),[25] Discovery Channel, BBC World Service,[26] StarTalk Radio with Neil deGrasse Tyson,[27][28][29][30] Big Think,[31][32] Bill Nye: Science Guy documentary film,[33] Curious Minds and One World with Deepak Chopra,[34][35] StoryCollider[36] and TEDx.[6][37]
Awards and honors edit
Berlin has been the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships including a Young Investigator Award from the American Neuropsychiatric Association, a Young Investigator Award from the National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder, and the Clifford Yorke Prize from the International Neuropsychoanalysis Society. She won the 2015 BBC2 Christmas University Challenge as part of the Magdalen College, Oxford team.
Personal life edit
Berlin has a daughter, born in November 2013, and a son, born in November 2016, with Baba Brinkman,[38] a rap artist, science communicator, and playwright based in New York, NY.
References edit
- ^ a b Berlin, Heather (2003). Impulsivity, the orbitofrontal cortex and borderline personality disorder. ox.ac.uk (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford. OCLC 498650103. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.275651.
- ^ "Psychology Today".
- ^ "The power of science communication: 5 questions for Heather Berlin, American Psychological Association, 2023".
- ^ Heather Berlin publications from Europe PubMed Central
- ^ a b "Heather Berlin | Mount Sinai - New York". Mount Sinai Health System.
- ^ a b "Heather Berlin TEDxYouth@KC talk". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
- ^ "Heather Berlin Lucid NYC talk". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
- ^ "Off the Top: The Neuroscience of Creativity". 92nd St Y. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
- ^ "Your Brain". PBS. 17 May 2023.
- ^ "Science Goes to the Movies - Warp Drive". CUNY TV.
- ^ "Superhuman Showdown: Brain episode trailer". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
- ^ "Superhuman Showdown Series trailer". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
- ^ "About StarTalk All-Stars". StarTalk Radio Show by Neil deGrasse Tyson.
- ^ "The Science of Dating: Stories about sex and romance". The Story Collider. 6 July 2018.
- ^ "286: Dr. Heather Berlin: Capturing Creativity and Investigating Improvisation in the Brain". July 20, 2015.
- ^ "Heather Berlin SUNY Stony Brook 40 Under Forty Honoree".
- ^ Berlin, HA; Rolls, ET; Iversen, SD (2005). "Borderline personality disorder, impulsivity, and the orbitofrontal cortex". American Journal of Psychiatry. 162 (12): 2360–73. doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.162.12.2360. PMID 16330602.
- ^ Berlin, HA; Koch, C. "Defense Mechanisms: Neuroscience Meets Psychoanalysis". Scientific American. Retrieved 1 April 2009.
- ^ "Exchange – NAS Science & Entertainment Exchange".
- ^ "Committee on Science and Technology Engagement with the Public (CoSTEP)". American Association for the Advancement of Science.
- ^ "New York Times Event Hub". timestalks.com. 2020-06-18. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
- ^ Macknik, Stephen L. (January 6, 2017). "Off-the-Top Is an Off-Broadway Mix of Rap and Neuroscience". Scientific American.
- ^ "Off the Top, reviews".
- ^ "Impuse Control, Edinburgh Fringe Festival". EdFringe.
- ^ "Chelsea Does Drugs trailer". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
- ^ "BBC World Service: The Forum". BBC.
- ^ "StarTalk Live! Big Brains at BAM (Part 1)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
- ^ "StarTalk Live! Big Brains at BAM (Part 2)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
- ^ "StarTalk Live! Big Brains at BAM (Part 3)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
- ^ "StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson - The Science of the Mind". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
- ^ "The Neuroscience of Genius, Creativity, and Improvisation, with Heather Berlin". Big Think. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
- ^ "Heather Berlin on the Link Between Genius and Disorder". Big Think. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
- ^ "Bill Nye: Science Guy' Review". IndieWire. 13 March 2017.
- ^ "Heather Berlin & Dr. Deepak Chopra: The Neuroscience Of Consciousness". Curious Minds. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
- ^ "Deepak Chopra interviews Heather Berlin". One World. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
- ^ "Can a neuroscientist believe in life after death?". Story Collider.
- ^ "Heather Berlin TEDxAsburyPark talk". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
- ^ Musbach, Julie (July 1, 2019). "Neuroscientist Dr. Heather Berlin And Rapper Baba Brinkman Bring A New Show To The Edinburgh Fringe". Broadway World.