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Jerry Vogt, Ph.D. |
Dr. Vogt is a native of Dubuque, Iowa. He received his baccalaureate degree in Chemistry from Loras College in Dubuque in 1971. He obtained his doctorate in physical chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1976. His doctoral work examined the compliance of solid methane with the Third Law of Thermodynamics. He conducted post-doctoral research in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, on multi-nuclear NMR of metalloproteins. Prior to 1999, Dr. Vogt served as a technical staff member and project leader in the Materials Science and Technology Department at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. His research included the development of advanced inorganic materials and chemical processes for military and industrial applications.
In 1996, Dr. Vogt began his studies into the biological basis for mood disorders and other psychiatric illnesses. During 1998, he was a visiting scientist in the molecular neurobiology laboratory of Dr. Toh Joh at Cornell Medical College, New York, NY. His research focused on the identification of anomalous DNA sequences in the promoter and extended 5ยด region of the human tyrosine hydroxylase gene in the search for a genetic basis for mood disorders.
Dr. Vogt moved to Atlanta in 1999 to pursue his research interest in the neurochemistry of depression. He had the good fortune to join the research programs of Dr. Andrew Miller to study the interacting roles of the neuroendocrine and immune systems in mood disorders. His research examined the molecular cross talk between glucocorticoids and cytokines in intracellular signaling and transcription regulation in mammalian cell models. He now assists Dr. Miller in a large clinical study that seeks to understand how chronic activation of the immune system leads to depression and fatigue. Patients receiving the cytokine interferon-alpha are being examined before and after treatment to explore how interferon treatment alters the chemistry of signaling molecules in the peripheral blood and cerebrospinal fluid.
Dr. Vogt is a member in the DeKalb chapter of NAMI. NAMI serves the relatives and friends of the mentally ill through education and social support. He teaches a 12-week Family-to-Family course to explore the biological basis of mental illness and to understand mental illness, providing new skills for daily living with psychiatric disorders and moving the consumer toward remission. |
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