Jonathan E. Alpert MD PhD is the Dorothy and Marty Silverman University Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Professor of Psychiatry, Neuroscience and Pediatrics. His academic interests include innovative treatments for difficult to treat mood disorders, childhood onset depression, depression comorbid with other medical illnesses, multi-cultural mental health, health disparities, drug-drug interactions, behavioral health integration, ethical issues in the conduct of human studies, and medical education. Dr. Alpert graduated from Yale College summa cum laude with majors in Psychology and Philosophy. He received his MD from Yale and his PhD in Behavioral Pharmacology from the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Cambridge where he was a Marshall Scholar. He completed residency training in Pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital and in Psychiatry at McLean Hospital. He joined Einstein/Montefiore after 24 years at the Massachusetts General Hospital where he was Director of the Depression Clinical and Research Program and Associate Chief of Psychiatry responsible for outpatient, inpatient and emergency services. He was the first incumbent of the Joyce R. Tedlow Chair in the Field of Depression Studies at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Alpert served on the Board of the National Network of Depression Centers and the PCORI MoodNetwork Executive Steering Committee and was founding chair of the Research and Scholarship Committee for the Association of Directors of Medical Student Education. He is chair of the American Psychiatric Association's Council on Research. Dr. Alpert is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and a member of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology, Society of Biological Psychiatry, and American Association for Chairs of Departments of Psychiatry. The author of over 225 publications, Dr. Alpert has received numerous recognitions for teaching, mentorship and service from Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Partners HealthCare, American Psychiatric Association, Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance and Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.
Dr. Alpert is the ADAA 2023 Conference co-chair
