Hill, Shirley Y
Professor, Department of Psychiatry (Secondary appointment in Dept. of Psychology)
PhD, Washington University
Clinical Program
Contact
3811 O'Hara Street
412-624-3505
Fax: 412-624-3986
syh50@imap.pitt.edu
Research Interests: Genetics and development of alcoholism, Identification of psychological and biological (ERP, MRI) antecedents of alcoholism in a longitudinal high risk offspring design
Accepting Graduate Students: Yes
Selected Publications
- Tessner K and Hill SY. Neural circuitry associated with risk for alcohol dependence. Neuropsychology Reviews, In Press, 2009
- Hill SY, Wang S, Kostelnik B, Carter H, Holmes B, McDermott M, Zezza N, Stiffler S, Keshavan MS. Disruption of orbitofrontal cortex laterality in offspring from multiplex alcohol dependence families. Biological Psychiatry, 65:129-136, 2009.
- Hill SY, Steinhauer SR, Locke-Wellman J, Ulrich R. Childhood risk factors for young adult substance dependence outcome in offspring from multiplex alcohol dependence families. Biological Psychiatry, 66:750-757, 2009.
- Hill SY, Shen S, Zezza N, Hoffman EK, Matthews A, Weeks DE, Thalamuthu.A, Mukhopadhyay. Dopamine D2 receptor functional polymorphisms C957T , A241G and -141C Ins/Del in multiplex alcohol dependence families: Within family association and linkage. Am J Med Genet Part B (Neuropsychiatr Genet), 147B:517-526, 2008.
- Hill SY, Shen S, Locke-Wellman J and Lowers, L: Psychopathology in offspring from multiplex alcohol dependence families with and without parental alcohol dependence: A prospective study during childhood and adolescence. Psychiatry Research, 160, 155-166, 2008.
- Hill SY, Kostelnik B, Holmes B, Goradia, D, McDermott MD, Diwadkar, V, Keshavan MS. fMRI BOLD Response to the Eyes Task in Offspring from Multiplex Alcohol Dependence Families. Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research, 31, 2028-2035, 2007.
- Matthews AG, Zezza N, Stiffler S, Hill SY. The Role of the GABRA2 Polymorphism in Multiplex Alcohol Dependence Families with Minimal Comorbidity: Within-Family Association and Linkage Analyses. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs 68, 625-634, 2007.
- Hill SY, Muddasani S, Prasad K, Steinhauer S, Scanlon J, McDermott M, Keshavan M. Cerebellar volume in offspring from multiplex alcohol dependence families. Biological Psychiatry 61:41-47, 2007.
- Hill SY, Shen S: Patterns of visual P3b in association with familial risk and childhood diagnosis. Biol Psychiatry 51:621-631, 2002.
- Hill SY, DeBellis MD, Keshavan MS, Lowers L, Shen S, Hall J, Pitts T: Right amygdala volume in adolescent/young adult offspring from families at high risk for developing alcoholism. Biol Psychiatry 49:894-905, 2001.