Trevor received his ScB in Neuroscience (Hons.) and Psychology from Brown University in Providence, RI, where he was introduced to behavioral neuroscience studying the neurobiology of maternal behavior. He then worked as a research assistant at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA, using genetics to understand the effects of oxidative stress on synaptic transmission. He completed the Medical Scientist Training Program at the State University of New York at Stony Brook in Stony Brook, NY. He received his PhD in Neuroscience after completing his dissertation work in the laboratory of Arianna Maffei, PhD examining developmental and experiential changes in visual cortical circuit function. After completing his MD, Trevor started general psychiatry residency at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, NY. At Mount Sinai, he shifted his focus from model systems to studying psychiatric illness in humans. He works in the laboratory of Tom Hildebrandt, PsyD, and his research is focused on the pathophysiology of eating disorders and disentangling the secondary effects of starvation from the psychopathology of anorexia nervosa.
