Rachel Loewy, PhD

Professor/Principal Investigator
M_Psych-Core-Rsch
+1 415 476-7659

My research focuses on early identification and intervention in schizophrenia. This includes identifying risk factors for developing psychosis, screening for and diagnosing prodromal psychosis, and testing novel interventions for early psychosis. Most of my current work is focused on implementation of evidence-based practices for early intervention in psychosis in community settings.

Publications

The California collaborative network to promote data driven care and improve outcomes in early psychosis (EPI-CAL) project: rationale, background, design and methodology.

BMC psychiatry

Tryon VL, Nye KE, Savill M, Loewy R, Miles MJ, Tully LM, Padovani AJ, Tancredi DJ, Melnikow J, Ereshefsky S, Sharma N, McNamara AP, Kado-Walton M, Hakusui CK, Miller C, Nguyen KLH, Safdar M, Padilla VE, Smith L, Wilcox AB, Banks LM, Hayes SL, Pierce KM, Muro K, Shapiro DI, Bolden-Thompson KA, Botello RM, Grattan RE, Zhang Y, Hotz B, Dixon L, Carter CS, Niendam TA

Using brain structural neuroimaging measures to predict psychosis onset for individuals at clinical high-risk.

Molecular psychiatry

Zhu Y, Maikusa N, Radua J, Sämann PG, Fusar-Poli P, Agartz I, Andreassen OA, Bachman P, Baeza I, Chen X, Choi S, Corcoran CM, Ebdrup BH, Fortea A, Garani RR, Glenthøj BY, Glenthøj LB, Haas SS, Hamilton HK, Hayes RA, He Y, Heekeren K, Kasai K, Katagiri N, Kim M, Kristensen TD, Kwon JS, Lawrie SM, Lebedeva I, Lee J, Loewy RL, Mathalon DH, McGuire P, Mizrahi R, Mizuno M, Møller P, Nemoto T, Nordholm D, Omelchenko MA, Raghava JM, Røssberg JI, Rössler W, Salisbury DF, Sasabayashi D, Smigielski L, Sugranyes G, Takahashi T, Tamnes CK, Tang J, Theodoridou A, Tomyshev AS, Uhlhaas PJ, Værnes TG, van Amelsvoort TAMJ, Waltz JA, Westlye LT, Zhou JH, Thompson PM, Hernaus D, Jalbrzikowski M, Koike S, ENIGMA Clinical High Risk for Psychosis Working Group

A Sequential Adaptive Intervention Strategy Targeting Remission and Functional Recovery in Young People at Ultrahigh Risk of Psychosis: The Staged Treatment in Early Psychosis (STEP) Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial.

JAMA psychiatry

McGorry PD, Mei C, Amminger GP, Yuen HP, Kerr M, Spark J, Wallis N, Polari A, Baird S, Buccilli K, Dempsey SA, Ferguson N, Formica M, Krcmar M, Quinn AL, Mebrahtu Y, Ruslins A, Street R, Wannan C, Dixon L, Carter C, Loewy R, Niendam TA, Shumway M, Nelson B

Youth Mental Health Screening and Linkage to Care.

Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)

Karcher NR, Hicks R, Schiffman J, Asarnow JR, Calkins ME, Dauberman JL, Garrett CD, Koli RL, Larrauri CA, Loewy RL, McGough CA, Murphy JM, Niendam TA, Roaten K, Rodriguez J, Staglin BK, Wissow L, Woodberry KA, Young JF, Gur RE, Bearden CE, Barch DM

Neuroanatomical heterogeneity and homogeneity in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis.

Translational psychiatry

Baldwin H, Radua J, Antoniades M, Haas SS, Frangou S, Agartz I, Allen P, Andreassen OA, Atkinson K, Bachman P, Baeza I, Bartholomeusz CF, Chee MWL, Colibazzi T, Cooper RE, Corcoran CM, Cropley VL, Ebdrup BH, Fortea A, Glenthøj LB, Hamilton HK, Haut KM, Hayes RA, He Y, Heekeren K, Kaess M, Kasai K, Katagiri N, Kim M, Kindler J, Klaunig MJ, Koike S, Koppel A, Kristensen TD, Bin Kwak Y, Kwon JS, Lawrie SM, Lebedeva I, Lee J, Lin A, Loewy RL, Mathalon DH, Michel C, Mizrahi R, Møller P, Nelson B, Nemoto T, Nordholm D, Omelchenko MA, Pantelis C, Raghava JM, Røssberg JI, Rössler W, Salisbury DF, Sasabayashi D, Schall U, Smigielski L, Sugranyes G, Suzuki M, Takahashi T, Tamnes CK, Tang J, Theodoridou A, Thomopoulos SI, Tomyshev AS, Uhlhaas PJ, Værnes TG, van Amelsvoort TAMJ, Van Erp TGM, Waltz JA, Westlye LT, Wood SJ, Zhou JH, McGuire P, Thompson PM, Jalbrzikowski M, Hernaus D, Fusar-Poli P, ENIGMA Clinical High Risk for Psychosis Working Group

Association of Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging Measures With Psychosis Onset in Individuals at Clinical High Risk for Developing Psychosis: An ENIGMA Working Group Mega-analysis.

JAMA psychiatry

ENIGMA Clinical High Risk for Psychosis Working Group , Jalbrzikowski M, Hayes RA, Wood SJ, Nordholm D, Zhou JH, Fusar-Poli P, Uhlhaas PJ, Takahashi T, Sugranyes G, Kwak YB, Mathalon DH, Katagiri N, Hooker CI, Smigielski L, Colibazzi T, Via E, Tang J, Koike S, Rasser PE, Michel C, Lebedeva I, Hegelstad WTV, de la Fuente-Sandoval C, Waltz JA, Mizrahi R, Corcoran CM, Resch F, Tamnes CK, Haas SS, Lemmers-Jansen ILJ, Agartz I, Allen P, Amminger GP, Andreassen OA, Atkinson K, Bachman P, Baeza I, Baldwin H, Bartholomeusz CF, Borgwardt S, Catalano S, Chee MWL, Chen X, Cho KIK, Cooper RE, Cropley VL, Dolz M, Ebdrup BH, Fortea A, Glenthøj LB, Glenthøj BY, de Haan L, Hamilton HK, Harris MA, Haut KM, He Y, Heekeren K, Heinz A, Hubl D, Hwang WJ, Kaess M, Kasai K, Kim M, Kindler J, Klaunig MJ, Koppel A, Kristensen TD, Kwon JS, Lawrie SM, Lee J, León-Ortiz P, Lin A, Loewy RL, Ma X, McGorry P, McGuire P, Mizuno M, Møller P, Moncada-Habib T, Muñoz-Samons D, Nelson B, Nemoto T, Nordentoft M, Omelchenko MA, Oppedal K, Ouyang L, Pantelis C, Pariente JC, Raghava JM, Reyes-Madrigal F, Roach BJ, Røssberg JI, Rössler W, Salisbury DF, Sasabayashi D, Schall U, Schiffman J, Schlagenhauf F, Schmidt A, Sørensen ME, Suzuki M, Theodoridou A, Tomyshev AS, Tor J, Værnes TG, Velakoulis D, Venegoni GD, Vinogradov S, Wenneberg C, Westlye LT, Yamasue H, Yuan L, Yung AR, van Amelsvoort TAMJ, Turner JA, van Erp TGM, Thompson PM, Hernaus D