Carlos Zarate

Biography

Carlos A. Zarate, M.D. is Chief, Section on the Neurobiology and Treatment of Mood Disorders and Chief of Experimental Therapeutics and Pathophysiology Branch (ETPB) at the National Institute of Mental Health, and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, at The George Washington University. His achievements and awards include the Ethel-DuPont Warren Award and Livingston Awards, Consolidated Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, 1993-1994; NIH-NIMH Travel Award, 1994; American College of Neuropsychopharmacology Travel Awards, 1994 and 1995; Program for Minority Research Training in Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Association, 1996; the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression Young Investigator Award, 1996-1998; Outstanding Psychiatrist Research Award, Massachusetts Psychiatric Association, 1997; the Diversity and Advocacy Award, Hispanic Research Initiative Committee, NIMH, 2002; the Mentor of the Year, Intramural Research Program, NIMH, 2004; the Supervisor of the Year, NIMH,2005; the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression Independent Investigator Award, 2005; the NIH Director’s Award-Scientific/Medical, 2007; NIMH Directors Award, 2009; and, the Brain Behavior Research Foundation Award for Bipolar Mood Disorder Research (NARSAD), 2011

Research Interest

treatment-resistant depression and bipolar disorder