Alan F. Schatzberg, MD

Dr. Schatzberg's research examines the biology and psychopharmacology of depressive disorders. Past studies include norepinephrine systems in depression as a means of subtyping, the biology of delusions in major depression, the clinical pharmacology of nondelusional depression with a focus on chronic depression, and the pharmacogenetics of antidepressant response. He was elected into the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences in 2003, and he holds or has held co-editor, editorial board, or presidential positions with several journals and societies. From 1991 to 2010, he was the Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University.