Investigator, Asst Prof (M) Lurie Center for Autism, Mass General Research Institute

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Harvard Medical School

Director of the Social and Cognitive Research Division Lurie Center for Autism, Massachusetts General Hospital

Postdoctoral fellow Friedman Brain Institute at Mount Sinai

Ph.D. in Neuroscience McGill University

Master's degree in Neuroscience University of Seville

Psychology National University of Colombia - Campus Bogotá

acute stress; anxiety; autism spectrum disorder; depression; discovery and validation of early detection biomarkers; epigenetics; neurodevelopment

Dr. Angélica Torres-Berrío is the Director of Social and Cognitive Research at the Lurie Center for Autism at the Massachusetts General Hospital and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Torres-Berrío is a molecular and behavioral neuroscientist who studies how stress impacts the brain's function across the lifespan. The interests of her laboratory center around three major research programs: (A) Neurodevelopmental disorders, (B) Early life stress, and (C) Developmental biomarkers. Her research aims to better understand how epigenetic mechanisms, including histone modifications, chromatin remodeling, and microRNAs, mediate persistent alterations induced by stress. To this end, Dr. Torres-Berrío utilizes a multilevel approach that involves state-of-the-art sequencing, viral-mediated gene transfer, and neural activity recordings in behaving mice.
In addition to her scientific interests, Dr. Torres-Berrío's ambition is to establish a diverse and inclusive network of collaborators and promote neuroscience research among underrepresented scientists.