Helen S. Mayberg, M.D.

Helen S. Mayberg, M.D., is Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology and Radiology, and the Dorothy Fuqua Chair in psychiatric imaging and therapeutics at Emory University. Her research has characterized neural systems mediating major depression and its recovery, defined imaging-based illness subtypes to optimize treatment selection, and introduced the first use of deep brain stimulation for treatment resistant patients. She is a member of the National Academy of Medicine, the National Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the National Academy of Inventors, and has authored more than 200 publications, and participates in a wide variety of advisory and scientific activities across multiple fields in neuroscience.