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Mitochondria and Psychiatry

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This presentation will cover the evidence that, at least for a subset of people with bipolar disorder, mitochondria may be dysregulated in the brain. Medications used for bipolar disorder can change mitochondrial function and several novel strategies can target mitochondria.

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expert series, mental health, mito, mitochondria, psychiatry

About the Speaker

Andrew A. Nierenberg, MD

Andrew A. Nierenberg, MD

Andrew A. Nierenberg, M.D. graduated from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY, did his residency in psychiatry at New York University/Bellevue Hospital, and studied clinical epidemiology at Yale University as a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar. Dr. Nierenberg then joined the faculty at Harvard Medical School, first at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts and then at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), where he holds his current positions.

He is also Honorary Professor in the School of Medicine, Faculty of Health at Deakin University, Geelong Australia and the Honorary Skou Professor of Psychiatry at Aarhus University in Denmark.

Dr. Nierenberg has published over 485 papers and has been listed in The Best Doctors in America for the treatment of mood and anxiety disorders in every edition since 1994. In 2000, he was awarded the Gerald L. Klerman Young Investigator Award and in 2014 the Gerald L. Klerman Senior Investigator Award by the Depression Bipolar Support Alliance. In 2013, Dr. Nierenberg was awarded the prestigious Brain and Behavior Research Foundation Colvin Prize for outstanding achievement in mood disorders research. In 2014, he was awarded the Mentorship Award for Exceptional Mentorship in the Research Arena at MGH.

In 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017, he was listed among the World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds by Clarivate Analytics in recognition of ranking among the top 1% of researchers for most cited papers in psychiatry worldwide with over 25,000 citations and an h-factor of 79.

Dr. Nierenberg’s primary interest is innovative treatments for bipolar disorder. He lectures extensively, both nationally and internationally, teaches, supervises, maintains an active clinical practice, consults to industry, and conducts clinical trials funded by federal, foundation, industry, and philanthropic sources.

Dr. Nierenberg is the deputy editor of Depression and Anxiety and editor of Psychiatric Annals. He is a member of the editorial boards of over 15 journals including the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, Journal of Affective Disorders, Australian New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, and Bipolar Disorders and serves as a peer reviewer for over 35 psychiatric journals.

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