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Stanislav S. Zakharenko, MD, PhD
Member, St. Jude Faculty
Director, Division of Neural Circuits and Behavior
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Contact Information
Stanislav S. Zakharenko, MD, PhD
Developmental Neurobiology
MS 323, Room D2025B
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
Education
MD – Russian State Medical University PhD – Russian Academy of Sciences Postdoctoral – University of Illinois at Chicago and Columbia University/HHMI
Honors & Awards
- 2025 BBRF (NARSAD) Distinguished Investigator Award
- 2023 Uytengsu-Hamilton 22q11 Neuropsychiatry Research Award, Stanford University
- 2021 Uytengsu-Hamilton 22q11 Neuropsychiatry Research Award, Stanford University
- 2015 BBRF (NARSAD) Independent Investigator Award
- 2006 Searle Scholars Award
- 2006 Whitehall Foundation Award
- 2004 BBRF (NARSAD) Young Investigator Award
- 2004 Hereditary Disease Foundation, Postdoctoral Fellowship
- 2004 Tourette Syndrome Association Award
- 2002 Charles E. Culpeper Pilot Initiative, Rockefeller Brother Fund Award
- 1997 Russian Foundation for Basic Science Award
- 1994 President of the Russian Federation Fellowship
Research Interests
- Learning and memory
- Synaptic transmission and plasticity
- Neuronal circuits and behavior
- Genetic models of schizophrenia, autism, and other neuropsychiatric diseases
