Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics and Clinical & Translational Pharmacology
Director, University of Cincinnati Anxiety Disorders Research Program
Associate Vice Chair of Research
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience
University of Cincinnati
Dr. Strawn is a Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics and Clinical & Translational Pharmacology at the University of Cincinnati. He is the Director of the UC Anxiety Disorders Research Program and the Associate Vice Chair of Research in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience at the University of Cincinnati.
His research focuses on anxiety disorders and risk factors for these conditions, as well as on the pharmacologic treatment of these disorders. His research has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.
With his collaborators, Dr. Strawn uses neuroimaging, pharmacogenetics, and pharmacologic approaches to identify early predictors of treatment response and medication tolerability in anxiety disorders. His work aims to identify the best treatments for individual patients based on patient-specific characteristics and to characterize the trajectory of improvement. This work has provided a platform for refining treatment targets and identifying treatment response biomarkers in anxiety and related disorders.
Dr. Strawn has authored nearly 250 peer-reviewed publications and 6 books on the treatment of children and adolescents, pediatric psychopharmacology, and contemporary psychotherapy. He is a distinguished fellow of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, a member of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. He has received multiple awards for teaching, mentorship, and research.