Department of Psychiatry

A Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, Uriel Halbreich, MD, is an internationally renowned professor of psychiatry and director of biobehavioral research in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Halbreich’s research focuses on comprehensive well-being, the biology of affective disorders and the development of biological markers and clinical screening tests for mental situations and disorders. He is an international expert in neuropsychopharmacology, hormonal disorders and behavior, with special interest in environmental-social-economical determinants of health, women`s mental health, stress, mood, and cognitive disorders. Halbreich is past president of three international professional associations and founding chair of the World Psychiatric Association Section on Interdisciplinary Collaboration. He is also the editor-in-chief of Academia Mental Health and Well-Being. As the recipient of the 2024 Fulbright-Nehru Award, he is conducting research in India.