Appointments
2016-2017 - Assistant Professor in Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Cornell University
2013-2016 - Instructor in Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Cornell University
Areas of Interest
Research Interests:
- Neurobiology of psychiatric disease – rodent models and human treatment studies
- Basic neurobiology of sleep, learning and information processing (For more information please see http://watsonneurolab.org)
Clinical Interests
- Mood disorders
- Anxiety disorders
- Rapid-acting antidepressants including ketamine
Featured News
August 6, 2020
Alzheimer drug has antidepressant properties in mice, says research funded by the U-M Depression Center
Brendon Watson, M.D., Ph.D. & colleagues recently published this study in Translational Psychiatry
Credentials
- Fellowship, Neurobiology, Neuroscience Institute Laboratory, New York University
- Residency, General Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College
- M.D., Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
- Ph.D., Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia University
- B.A., Biology, Cornell University
