Vasiliki Michopoulos, PhD

Dr. Vasiliki (Vas) Michopoulos is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Emory University and the Yerkes National Primate Research Center. She is a behavioral neuroendocrinologist who received her undergraduate degree in Neuroscience from the University of Virginia and her PhD in Neuroscience from Emory University. Dr. Michopoulos’ translational research is focused on understanding how adverse social experience, including chronic stress and trauma exposure, results in a number of adverse mental outcomes and co-morbid physical health diseases and conditions. She is particularly interested in understanding why females are more at risk for these stress-induced conditions than males. Dr. Michopoulos’ work across the domains of training, mentoring, research, and outreach, strives to highlight the importance of understanding 1) the impact of sex and gender on anxiety and depression, and 2) the influence of anxiety and depression on physical health outcomes. Dr. Michopoulos has been an ADAA member since 2014, and is a member of the ADAA Board of Directors.