Francis Mcmahon

Biography

Dr. McMahon graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1982, where he majored in Biology. After a year in Europe as a Rotary Scholar, he enrolled in The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he received his M.D. in 1987. He stayed on at Hopkins to complete a medical internship, a residency in adult psychiatry and a post-doctoral fellowship in psychiatric genetics before joining the faculty in 1993. In 1998, he became Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Chicago, where he also served as medical director of the Electroconvulsive Therapy clinic. In 2002, he came to the National Institute of Mental Health to establish a new Genetics Unit within the Intramural Research Program. Dr. McMahon is the recipient of several honors and awards. Most recently he was named the 30th Mallinckrodt Scholar by the Edward F. Mallinckrodt Foundation. He serves as a scientific advisor for the National Tourette Syndrome Association, the University of Antwerp, the RIKEN Brain Science Institute, and the National Institutes of Health Center for Scientific Review, as well as numerous scientific journals.

Research Interest

Genetic study for mood disorders