Research Centers
The department has thirteen Centers in total, seven of which are NIH-funded. The function of Centers in the Department of Psychiatry is to foster research on a given disorder or population, utilizing any and all relevant expertise from the Academic Divisions, and drawing on resources from any of the Clinical Divisions and Research Cores.
The NIMH Conte Center on "Dopamine Dysfunction in Schizophrenia"
The NIMH Conte Center on ”Dopamine Dysfunction in Schizophrenia” is organized to test the central hypothesis that striatal dopaminergic...
ACISR: PEDIATRIC PSYCHIATRY DISORDERS*
The purpose of the Advanced Center for Intervention and Services Research (ACISR) is to improve community access to the most modern ...
CU CENTER FOR PSYCHOANALYTIC TRAINING AND RESEARCH
The Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research is the psychoanalytic institute within the Department of Psychiatry.
LIEBER CENTER FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH AND TREATMENT
The Lieber Center for Schizophrenia Research and Treatment has some of the world’s best researchers collaborating to elucidate the cause(s) ...
CONTE CENTER FOR THE NEUROSCIENCE OF MENTAL DISORDERS*
The NIMH Conte Center for the Neuroscience of Mental Disorders is dedicated to the investigation of clinical and neurobiological correlates ...
SUBSTANCE ABUSE MEDICATIONS DEVELOPMENT CENTER *
As part of Dr. Kleber's Medications Development Center grant, the Center has a mechanism for supporting pilot studies to promote ...
THE SACKLER INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOBIOLOGY
The Sackler Institute, supports research on the developmental origins of vulnerability to psychiatric illness. The endowment funds ...
Additional Research Centers and Directors
* NIH-Funded Centers
- DCIPS: Intervention with High Suicide Risk Populations* -- Barbara Stanley
- Center of Excellence for Cultural Competence -- Roberto Lewis-Fernandez
- Imprints Center for Genetic and Environmental Life Course Studies -- Ezra Susser
- The Kavli Institute for Brain Science -- Eric Kandel
- Mahoney Center for Brain and Behavior -- Michael Goldberg
- Implementing Evidence-Based Practices for Children* -- Kimberly Hoagwood
- Pathological and Functional Impact of Tauopathy In Vivo* -- Karen Duff
- Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Research Center -- Brian Fallon
- Reiner Center for Behavioral and Psychosomatic Medicine -- Richard Sloan and Ralph Wharton
- Neurobiology of Dopamine in Schizophrenia* -- Jeffrey Lieberman
- Ruane Center for Early Detection of Mood Disorders -- David Shaffer
- The Morris W. Stroud III Center for Study of Quality of Life -- Barry Gurland
