H. A. Berlin

Heather Berlin
Heather Berlin speaking at Bloomsbury Theatre, London, 2014
Born	New York, U.S.
Nationality	American
Fields	Neuroscience, Psychology, Science Communication
Institutions	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Alma mater	University of Oxford, Harvard University
Thesis	Impulsivity, the orbitofrontal cortex and borderline personality disorder (2003)
Doctoral advisors	Susan Iverson, Edmund Rolls
Known for	neural basis of consciousness, unconscious processing, creativity, impulsivity, compulsivity. Television series: Science Goes to the Movies, Discovery Channel television series: Superhuman Showdown
Notable awards	Young Investigator Award American Neuropsychiatric Association, Phillip M. Rennick Award International Neuropsychological Society, Clifford Yorke Prize International Neuropsychoanalysis Society
Website http://heatherberlin.com

Heather A. Berlin is an American neuroscientist noted for her work in science communication and outreach. Her research focuses on brain-behavior relationships affecting the prevention and treatment of impulsive and compulsive psychiatric disorders.^[1] She is also interested in the neural basis of consciousness,^[2] dynamic unconscious processes,^[3] and creativity.^[4] Dr. Berlin is host of the PBS series Science Goes to the Movies^[5] and of the international Discovery Channel series Superhuman Showdown.^[6][7]

Background

Berlin received her doctorate in experimental psychology/neuropsychology from University of Oxford, Magdalen College and her Master of Public Health from Harvard University specializing in psychiatric epidemiology and health care management/policy.^[8] Berlin earned her Master's in psychology from The New School for Social Research and Bachelor of Science from SUNY Stony Brook.^[9] Berlin was a National Institute of Mental Health postdoctoral fellow in psychiatry at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai working on compulsive, impulsive, personality, and anxiety disorders.^[1] She is married to the rapper and playwright Baba Brinkman. They have a daughter, Hannah Skye, born in November 2013, and a son, Dylan Alexander, born in November 2016.^[10]

Awards

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, the International Neuropsychological Society Phillip M. Rennick Award, 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.

Career

Berlin is currently an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City and 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 such scientific journals as the American Journal of Psychiatry,^[11] Journal of Personality Disorders, Psychiatry Research, Brain, and Scientific American^[12] among others.

She is a committee member of the National Academy of Sciences’ Science and Entertainment Exchange, and co-host of the critically acclaimed science comedy show Off the Top performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2014 and 2015.^[13] Berlin has made numerous media appearances including on the History Channel, BBC World Service,^[14] StarTalk Radio with Neil deGrasse Tyson,^{[15][16][17][18]} Big Think,^[19][20] Bill Nye: Science Guy,^[21][22] Curious Minds and One World with Deepak Chopra,^[23][24] StoryCollider^[25] and TEDx.^[2]

References

External links

• heatherberlin.com
• @heather_berlin on Twitter
• Faculty profile on Mt Sinai website
• Science Goes to the Movies