Jill R Glausier, PhD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Areas of Expertise

  • Psychosis
  • Basic & Translational Neuroscience
Jill R Glausier, PhD
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Expertise & Interests

Research Interests

Postmortem human brain tissue research; Schizophrenia; Cortical circuitry & mitochondrial alterations

Selected Publications

  1. Glausier JR, Maier M, Bouchet-Marquis C, Wu K, Banks-Tibbs T, Melchitzky D, Ning J, Lewis DA, Freyberg Z. Characterization of the three-dimensional synaptic and mitochondrial nanoarchitecture within glutamatergic synaptic complexes in postmortem human brain via focused ion beam-scanning electron microscopy. iScience. 2025 Jul 18;28(7).
  2. Ning J*, Glausier JR*, Hsieh C, Schmelzer T, Buck SA, Franks J, Hampton CM, Lewis DA, Marko M, Freyberg Z. Cryo-FIB workflow for imaging brain tissue via in situ cryo-electron microscopy. BioRxiv 528064 [Preprint]. February 12, 2023. DOI:10.1101/2023.02.11.528064. *Designates equal contribution.
  3. Xue X, Zong W, Glausier JR, Kim SM, Shelton MA, Phan BN, Srinivasan C, Pfenning AR, Tseng GC, Lewis DA, Seney ML, Logan RW (2022). Molecular rhythm alterations in prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens associated with opioid use. Transl Psychiatry, 12(1).
  4. Glausier JR*, Datta D*, Fish KN, Chung DW, Melchitzky DS, Lewis DA (2021). Laminar differences in the targeting of dendritic spines by cortical pyramidal neurons and interneurons in human dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. Neuroscience, 452: 181-191. *Designates equal contribution.
  5. Glausier JR, Enwright JF 3rd, Lewis DA (2020). Diagnosis- and cell type-specific mitochondrial functional pathway signatures in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Am J Psychiatry, 177(12): 1140-1150. Featured in The American Journal of Psychiatry Articles of Import and Impact 2020 with accompanying editorial.

Education & Credentials

Education & Training

Education
PhD, Neuroscience, Emory University
Postdoctoral
Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh

Professional Affiliations

  • Member, Society for Neuroscience
  • Member, Society of Biological Psychiatry
  • Member, Schizophrenia International Research Society
  • Member, Microscopy Society of America

Selected Honors & Awards

  • Inaugural Recipient, National Institutes of Health NeuroBioBank Award of Excellence, National Institutes of Health
  • Hamilton Family Award for Basic Neuroscience Research in Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Department of Psychiatry
  • Young Investigator Award, Brain & Behavior Research Foundation

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