Dr. Charles B. Nemeroff M.D., Ph.D.
Academic Appointment
Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine
Clinical Appointments
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Professor, Graduate Program in Neuroscience and Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology;
Associate, Winship Cancer Center
Affiliations
Emory University Hospital, Emory University School of Medicine, Emory Winship Cancer Center
Board Certification
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Graduate School
Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, Master of Science (Biology), September, 1973; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Doctor of Philosophy (Major: Neurobiology; Minor Biochemistry), September 1973
Medical School
University of North Carolina, School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Doctor of Medicine, May 1981
Postgraduate Training
Resident in Psychiatry, North Carolina Memorial Hospital, 1981-1983; Resident in Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, 1983-1985;
Honors and Awards
Mead Johnson Travel Award, 1982; Daniel H. EfronAward, 1987; American College of Psychiatrist Laughlin Fellow, 1985; American College of Psychiatrist Award for Research in Mood Disorders, 1998; American College of Psychiatrist Bowis Award, 1999; American Foundation for Suicide PRevention Research Award, 2001; American Society for Neurochemistry Jordi Folch-Pi Award, 1987; Society of Biological Psychiatry Gold Medal Award, 1996; A. E. Bennett Neuropsychiatric Research Foundation Award, 1979; Gerald L. Klerman LIfetime Research Award, 1996; International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology Curt P. Richter Award, 1985; National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) Established Investigator Award, 1996, 2003; American Geriatrics Society New Investigator Award, 1985; American College of Physicians William C. Menniger Award, 2000; Huntington's Disease Society of America Distinguished Leadership Award, 2001; American Psychosomatic Society Patricia R. Barchan Award, 2001; American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Research Award, 2001; Georgia's Psychiatric Physician Association Psychiatrist of the Year, 2002; Institute of Living Burlingame Prize, 2002; Best Doctors in Atlanta, Consumer Reports, 2002; Most Cited Authors in Psychiatry, "Citation Classico", 2002
Current Editorial Boards
Editorial Board, Regulatory Peptides; Editorial Board, Synapse; Editorial Board, LIfe Sciences; Editorial Board, Advances in Neuropsychiatry and Psychopharmacology ; Editorial Board, Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences; Editorial Board, European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences; Editor-in-Chief, Neuropyschopharmacology; Editorial Board, Harvard Review of Psychiatry; Editorial Board, Psychoneuroendocrinology; Editorial Board, Journal of Psychiatric Research; Associate Editor, Journal Watch for Psychiatry; Editorial Board, Textbook of Clinical Psychiatry; Editorial Board, Molecular Psychiatry; Editorial Board, Molecular Psychiatry; Editorial Board, American Psychiatric Press, Inc.; Editorial Board, Neuropsychobiology; Editorial Board, Directions in Psychopharmacology; Editorial Board, Neurobiology of Disease; Editorial Board, The Cortlandt Forum; Editorial Board, CNS Spectrums; Section Editor: Clinical Studies and Clinical Trials, Neuropeptides; Advisory Board, Mental Fitness; Editorial Board, Essential Psychopharmacology; Editorial Board, International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice; Editorial Board, Current Psychiatry Reports, Editorial Board, European Neuropsychopharmacology; Editorial Board, Trends in Evidence-based Neuropsychiatry; Regional Editor, World Journal of Biological Psychiatry; Editorial Board, Neuropsychiatry Reviews; Editorial Board, Bipolar Disorders and Impulsive Spectrum Letter; Editorial Board, L'Encephale; Editorial Advisory Board, The Journal of Applied Research; Editorial Advisory Board, Psychiatric UPDATE; Associate Editor, Mind & Matter; Editorial Board, Experimental Neurology; Advisory/Editorial Board, The Scientific Review of Mental-Health Practice; Editorial Board, Current Psychosis and Therapeutics Reports; Editorial Board, Journal of Traumatic Stress
Current Organizational Memberships
Society of the Sigma XI, Society for Neuroscience, American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy of Sciences, International Society for Psychoneuroendocrinology, American Society for Neurochemistry, International Society for Neurochemistry, The Endocrine Society, International Society of Neuroendocrinology, Society of Biological Psychiatry, American Federation for Clinical Research, American Medical Association, American Pain Society, American Psychiatric Association, North Carolina Neuropsychiatric Association, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, American College of Psychiatrist, Psychiatric Research Society, American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, American Association of Chairmen of Departments of Psychiatry, Southern Association for Research in Psychiatry, Medical Association of Atlanta, Georgia Psychiatric Physicians Association, The International Society for the Investigation of Stress, Medical Association of Georgia, The International Neuropeptide Society, Association for Research in Nervous Mental Diseases, Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, American Psychosomatic Society, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
Research Interests
Effects of psychopharmacological agents on brain neuropeptide systems
Clinical Interests
Depression and antipsychotic pharmacological therapy, social phobias, fetal effects of pre- and post-natal drug therapy, depression, mood disorders, antipsychotic therapy,
Year Joined Emory as a Faculty Member
1991