In the News

Warren D Taylor, M.D., MHSc., Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Mood Disorders Program Center for Cognitive Medicine, was recently awarded NIMH funding toward his K24 Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research. This proposal will support Dr. Taylor in his efforts to mentor young scientists and researchers, from medical students to medical residents to junior faculty.  

Warren D. Taylor, M.D., MHSc, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Investigator in the Vanderbilt Center for Cognitive Medicine, was one of several authors of the recently published article "Effects of early life stress on depression, cognitive performance, and brain morphology." The article appears in the journal Psychological Medicine. Click here to view the abstract.

Edwin Williamson, M.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, recently started a new position at Vanderbilt, Faculty Head of House for the Hank Ingram House on the Martha Ingram Commons. As Faculty Head of House, Dr. Williamson will reside at the house with his family and 295 first-year students. His role consists of helping make their first year experience as intellectually stimulating and enjoyable as possible. 

Two current studies by Blythe Corbett, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Psychology, and Kale Edmiston, Ph.D., a recent Vanderbilt Neuroscience graduate, highlight atypical physiological responses to social evaluative threat in adolescents with autism.  In a study published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorder, male adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) showed differences in Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia (a measure of the parasympathetic nervous system) indicating autonomic dysregulation.

Department of Psychiatry faculty members Blythe Corbett, Ph.D., and Kevin Sanders, M.D., and collaborators recently published findings from a double-blind, placebo-controlled study comparing the regulation of hormones implicated in the neuropathology of autism; namely oxytocin (OT) and cortisol.

Katherine Gotham, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, was published recently in two peer-mediated journals.

Jenni Blackford, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, served as co-author for an article titled "Altered Prefrontal Cortex Function Marks Heightened Anxiety Risk in Children," which was recently published in the Journal of American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 

Jenni Blackford, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, has been chosen to deliver the keynote address at the Inter-University Neuroscience And Mental Health in Sydney, Australia. Dr. Urbano will be presenting at the conference Sept. 20-21.

Wednesday is clinic day for Vanderbilt psychiatrist Sheryl Fleisch, M.D. The day is packed with patients, many with multiple physical and mental issues. Fleisch is dressed in jeans, a long-sleeved Vanderbilt T-shirt and a fleece jacket. She wears hiking shoes and carries a heavy backpack. There’s no white coat. No sterile hallway. No exam room. Her clinic is the street, and her patients are Nashville’s homeless.

Sheryl B. Fleisch, M.D., assistant professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, was recently selected as a 2016 recipient of the Early Career Development Award by the Association of Academic Psychiatry.