Aaron Alexander-Bloch, MD, PhD, MPhil
Areas of expertise: Psychiatry, Psychosis
Locations: Specialty Care, 3550 Market Street
About Aaron Alexander-Bloch, MD, PhD, MPhil
Titles
Attending Psychiatrist
Co-Director, First Episode Psychosis Program
Director, CHOP-Penn Brain-Gene Development Lab
Associate Professor, Department of Pyschiatry, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Certifications
Psychiatry – American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Awards and Honors
2026, CHOP Academic Training Advisory Council Distinguished Research Mentor Award
2023, NIMH Biobehavioral Research Awards for Innovative New Scientists (BRAINS)
2023, NIH Office of Data Science Strategy "Data Works!" Grand Prize (team "Brain Chart")
2022, Klaus Hummeler High Impact Publication Award, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2019, Career Development Institute for Psychiatry
2018-2019, McNeal Fellowship
2018, Lustman Residency Research Award
2017, NIMH Outstanding Resident Award
2017, Thomas P. Detre Fellowship
2015, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology Travel Award for Trainees
2015, Alpha Omega Alpha Honors Society, UCLA
2010-2013, Organization for Human Brain Mapping Trainee Abstract Travel Awards
2009-2015, UCLA-Caltech Medical Scientist Training Program
2009-2013, NIH-Oxford-Cambridge Scholarship
2007, Distinction in Computational Biology, University of Cambridge
2006-2007, Cancer Research United Kingdom Fellowship
2006, Magna Cum Laude, Harvard College
2004, Samuel Abramson Memorial Fellowship
2004-2005, John Harvard Scholarships
2004, Herchel Smith Summer Fellowship
Leadership and Memberships
International
2023-present, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
2022-present, The Hyacinth Fellowship
- 2024-present, Vice President
- 2023-present, Board of Directors
2015-present, Society of Biological Psychiatry
2009-present, Organization for Human Brain Mapping
National
2026-present, American Psychiatric Association
- 2026-present, The Future of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) Task Force
- 2026-present, Research and Methodology Documentation Committee
2024-present, NIMH K99/R00 Review Study section, Reviewer
2013-present, Centile Bioscience, Co-Founder
- 2024-present, Scientific Advisor
Editorial and Academic Positions
Editorial Positions
2024-present, Ad hoc reviewer, Nature
2024-present, Ad hoc reviewer, Nature Mental Health
2022-present, Ad hoc reviewer, Nature Human Behavior
2021-present, Ad hoc reviewer, ELife
2021-present, Ad hoc Reviewer, Nature Communications
2021-present, Ad hoc reviewer, Nature Neuroscience
2020-present, Ad hoc reviewer, Brain
2020-present, Ad hoc reviewer, Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging
2019-present, Ad hoc reviewer, PNAS
2015-present, Ad hoc reviewer, Biological Psychiatry
2013-present, Ad hoc reviewer, NeuroImage
2013-present, Ad hoc reviewer, Cerebral Cortex
2013-present, Ad hoc reviewer, Human Brain Mapping
Academic and Institutional Committees
2025-present, Search Committee, CHOP Research Informatics Officer
2025-present, CHOP Data Science Strategy Committee
2022-present, Neuroscience Graduate Group MD/PhD Admissions Committee
Education & training
Undergraduate Degree
AB in Philosophy - Harvard College, Cambridge, MA
Graduate Degree
MPhil in Computational Biology - University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England
PhD in Psychiatry - University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England
Medical Degree
MD - David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Residency
Psychiatry - Neuroscience Research Training Program, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Fellowship
Brain Imaging-Genomics - Yale University, New Haven, CT