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Joseph Patrick Horrigan

Medical Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry
DUMC 2737, Durham, NC 27710
2424 Erwin Road, Suite 501, Durham, NC 27705

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Medical Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · 2025 - Present Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Recent Publications


Population Pharmacokinetics of Tideglusib in Congenital and Childhood Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1: Influence of Demographic and Clinical Factors on Systemic Exposure

Journal Article Pharmaceutics · August 1, 2025 Background: GSK3β is an intracellular regulatory kinase that is dysregulated in multiple tissues in Type 1 myotonic dystrophy (DM-1). Tideglusib inhibits GSK3β activity in preclinical models of DM-1 and promotes cellular maturation, normalising aberrant mo ... Full text Cite

An open-label study evaluating the safety and efficacy of AMO-01 for the treatment of seizures in Phelan-McDermid syndrome.

Journal Article HGG Adv · April 10, 2025 Phelan-McDermid syndrome (PMS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder caused by haploinsufficiency of the SHANK3 gene. Approximately 25% of individuals with PMS have epilepsy. Treatment of epilepsy in PMS may require multiple anticonvulsants, and in a minority o ... Full text Link to item Cite

International workshop: what is needed to ensure outcome measures for Rett syndrome are fit-for-purpose for clinical trials? June 7, 2023, Nashville, USA.

Journal Article Trials · December 21, 2024 INTRODUCTION: The clinical, research and advocacy communities for Rett syndrome are striving to achieve clinical trial readiness, including having fit-for-purpose clinical outcome assessments. This study aimed to (1) describe psychometric properties of cli ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications


University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry · 1988 M.D.