Dr. Michael J. Owens, Ph.D.
Academic Appointment
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine
Member, Neuroscience and Molecular & Systems Pharmacology training programs, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Emory University
Committee Chair , Graduate School Executive Counsel, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Emory University
Clinical Appointments
Associate Director, Laboratory of Neuropsychopharmacology, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine
Affiliations
Emory Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Postgraduate Training
Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Pharmacology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1990
Honors and Awards
NIH Pre-doctoral Training Fellowship, 1984-1988; First International Congress of Neuroendocrinology Travel Award, 1986; Travel Fellowship, The Graduate School, Duke University, 1987, 1989; Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences First Prize, 29th National Student Research Forum, Galveston, Texas, 1988; Stanley Foundation Research Award, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, 1989-1990; American College of Neuropsychopharmacology Mead-Johnson Award, 1991; Rafaelsen Scholar, Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum, 1992
Editorial Boards
Co-Editor, Advances in the neurobiology of norepinephrine and its relevance to psychiatric disorders. CNS Spectrums 6:655-717, 2001.
Current Organizational Memberships
American College of Neuropsychopharmacology; Society for Neuroscience; Collegium Internatiale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum; Society of Biological Psychiatry; American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics; International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology
Consultantships
Cielo Institute, 1999-2002; Cypress Biosciences, 2001-2003; Pfizer Inc., 2004
Research Interests
Molecular and cellular pharmacology of antidepressants, anxiolytic, and antipsychotic drugs; neuropeptides; pharmacokinetics and bioavailibility of drugs in laboratory animals
Year Joined Emory as a Faculty Member
1991
Dr. Owen's Biographical Summary