Who we are...
Clinical Interests
clinical-interests3Located in a world class hospital,our Department offers state-of-the-art technology and innovative therapy to provide the most comprehensive and compassionate care available for patients and their families. The Adult Outpatient Clinic is staffed by Board-Certified physicians and a highly skilled and trained team of nurses and support staff.
Education
Ascherman-EducationThe nationally ranked School of Medicine at UAB is dedicated to the education of physicians and scientists in all of the disciplines of medicine and biomedical investigation for careers in practice, teaching and research. To this end, the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology has a comprehensive approach to teaching that includes medical education, research and patient care.
Research
Shelton-1 Research in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurobiology at UAB comprise a wide range of basic, translational, and clinical neuroscience projects. The Department is committed through its research activities to enhance our understanding of psychiatric disorders to benefit patients with these serious mental illnesses.
Kazu Nakazawa, M.D., Ph.D., Joins UAB Psychiatry
nakazawa001 The Department is delighted to announce the recruitment of Kazu Nakazawa, M.D., Ph.D., to the UAB Department of Psychiatry. He currently serves as Chief of the Unit of the Genetics of Cognition and Behavior Department at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH/NIH), where he has worked for the past ten years. Dr. Kazu received his medical degree and Ph.D. from Keio University in Tokyo, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at the prestigious RIKEN institute in Japan.Yogesh Dwivedi, M.D., Joins UAB Psychiatry
yogesh dwivedi The Department is delighted to announce the recruitment of Dr. Yogesh Dwivedi to the Department of Psychiatry effective August 16, 2013. He will join the Departmental Mood Disorders Program as Director of Translational Neuroscience. He will be Professor of Psychiatry, and pending approval of the UA Board of Trustees will be the inaugural holder of the department’s Elesabeth Ridgely Shook Endowed Chair. Dr. Dwivedi earned his Bachelors and Masters degrees from the University of Allahabad and his Ph.D. From the Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India in biochemistry. He then served as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Illinois State Psychiatric Institute and the University of Illinois, Chicago (UIC), after which he entered the faculty of the Department of Psychiatry at UIC in 1994. Dr. Dwivedi rose through the ranks and became a Professor with tenure in the Departments of Psychiatry and Pharmacology at UIC in 2011. Dr. Dwivedi is internationally recognized as an expert in the molecular biology of mood disorders and suicide. His current research examines the roles of neurotransmitter receptors, cytokines, neurotrophins, cellular signaling, and neural plasticity in depression and suicide risk using gene expression, RNA sequencing, microRNAs, and epigenetic approaches.Brendan Clark, Ph.D, Joins UAB Psychiatry
CPM1 270x20312-266x200 The Department is pleased to announce that Brendan Clark, Ph.D. will be joining the UAB Department of Psychiatry as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Behavioral Neurobiology in August 2013. Dr. Clark came to UAB in September of 2010 following the completion of his training at the University of Southern Mississippi. He is a licensed clinical psychologist and completed his clinical internship at the VA Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System in Biloxi, Mississippi. Dr. Clark is currently in the process of completing a research fellowship with a focus on addiction. His primary focus will be the development of a new, extramurally-funded line of patient-based research in the Department with research interests in behavioral economics and cooperative behavior.
