Eric A. Epping, MD, PhD, MME

Clinical Professor of Psychiatry

Current Positions

Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Co-Director, Clinical and Professional Skills Curriculum Strand, Carver College of Medicine
Course Director, Medicine and Society III for Medical and PA Students, Carver College of Medicine

Education

BS in Biochemistry and Economics, Honors, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
PhD in Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
MD in Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Resident in Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Genetics of Schizophrenia and Autism, Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa

Research Interests

Medical Education
Site investigator for drug studies in Huntington disease
Characterization of genetic variants in neurodevelopmental genes associated with phenotypes of schizophrenia, other neuropsychiatric illness and normal brain function
Molecular factors contributing to phenotypes of neuropsychiatric illness
Identification of rare copy-number and DNA sequence variants in schizophrenia
Treatment of neuropsychiatric illness

Licenses & Certifications

ABPN Certification in Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
State Controlled Substances Certificate, Iowa Board of Pharmacy Examiners
Medical License, Psychiatry, Iowa Board of Medicine, Iowa
Drug Enforcement Administration Registration, United States Drug Enforcement Agency

Selected Publications

Schultz JL, Langbehn DR, Al-Kaylani HM, van der Plas E, Koscik TR, Epping EA, Espe-Pfeifer PB, Martin EP, Moser DJ, Magnotta VA, Nopoulos PC. Longitudinal Clinical and Biological Characteristics in Juvenile-Onset Huntington's Disease. Mov Disord. 2023 Jan;38(1):113-122. doi: 10.1002/mds.29251. Epub 2022 Nov 1. PMID: 36318082; PMCID: PMC9851979.
Reasoner EE, van der Plas E, Langbehn DR, Conrad AL, Koscik TR, Epping EA, Magnotta VA, Nopoulos PC. Cortical Features in Child and Adolescent Carriers of Mutant Huntingtin (mHTT). J Huntingtons Dis. 2022;11(2):173-178. doi: 10.3233/JHD-210512. PMID: 35275555; PMCID: PMC9177765.
Schultz JL, Epping EA, van der Plas E, Magnotta VA, Nopoulos PC. Striatal Development in Early-Onset Huntington's Disease. Mov Disord. 2022 Dec;37(12):2459-2460. doi: 10.1002/mds.29227. Epub 2022 Sep 29. PMID: 36177602; PMCID: PMC9878993.
Reasoner EE, van der Plas E, Al-Kaylani HM, Langbehn DR, Conrad AL, Schultz JL, Epping EA, Magnotta VA, Nopoulos PC. Behavioral features in child and adolescent huntingtin gene-mutation carriers. Brain Behav. 2022 Jul;12(7):e2630. doi: 10.1002/brb3.2630. Epub 2022 May 23. PMID: 35604958; PMCID: PMC9304841.
Langbehn KE, Cochran AM, van der Plas E, Conrad AL, Epping E, Martin E, Espe-Pfeifer P, Nopoulos P. Behavioral Deficits in Juvenile Onset Huntington's Disease. Brain Sci. 2020 Aug 11;10(8):543. doi: 10.3390/brainsci10080543. PMID: 32796698; PMCID: PMC7464355.
Tereshchenko AV, Schultz JL, Kunnath AJ, Bruss JE, Epping EA, Magnotta VA, Nopoulos PC. Subcortical T1-Rho MRI Abnormalities in Juvenile-Onset Huntington's Disease. Brain Sci. 2020 Aug 8;10(8):533. doi: 10.3390/brainsci10080533. PMID: 32784364; PMCID: PMC7463529.
Tereshchenko A, van der Plas E, Mathews KD, Epping E, Conrad AL, Langbehn DR, Nopoulos P. Developmental Trajectory of Height, Weight, and BMI in Children and Adolescents at Risk for Huntington's Disease: Effect of mHTT on Growth. J Huntingtons Dis. 2020;9(3):245-251. doi: 10.3233/JHD-200407. PMID: 32894247; PMCID: PMC7683066.
Tereshchenko, A. V., Schultz, J. L., Bruss, J. E., Magnotta, V. A., Epping, E. A. & Nopoulos, P. C. (2020). Abnormal development of cerebellar-striatal circuitry in Huntington disease. Neurology 94 (18) e1908-e1915. DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000009364.
Tereshchenko, A., Magnotta, V., Epping, E., Mathews, K., Espe-Pfeifer, P., Martin, E., Dawson, J., Duan, W. & Nopoulos, P. (2019). Brain structure in juvenile-onset Huntington disease. Neurology 92 (17) e1939-e1947. DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000007355.
Lee, J. K., Conrad, A., Epping, E., Mathews, K., Magnotta, V., Dawson, J. D. & Nopoulos, P. (2018). Effect of Trinucleotide Repeats in the Huntington's Gene on Intelligence. EBioMedicine. DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2018.03.031. PMID: 29685790.