The Childhood Risk to Develop Anxiety and Depression: A Translational Neuroscience Approach

Ned H. Kalin, M.D. is Hedberg Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. He is the Director of the HealthEmotions Research Institute and the Lane Neuroimaging Laboratory, a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin, and an affiliate scientist at the Wisconsin Regional Primate Center and the Harlow Primate Laboratory. He serves as the principal investigator for several ongoing NIH funded research projects and has published over 250 peer-reviewed articles related to the adaptive and maladaptive expression of emotion and anxiety, and the childhood risk to develop anxiety disorders and depression. His research focuses on uncovering basic mechanisms that relate stress to the development of psychopathology and to understanding the mechanisms that cause some children to be vulnerable for the development of anxiety and depression. The aim of his research is to develop novel, neuroscientifically-informed, strategies for the treatment of anxiety disorders with a special focus on early life and preventive interventions for young children. In addition to his research activities, he treats patients who suffer from anxiety and depression who are refractory to standard treatment.