Depression and Anxiety: Faculty Experts: For Journalists

Ivan Alekseichuk

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Field: Biomedical Engineering, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Focus Areas: Depression and Anxiety, Memory, Mental Health, Neuroscience, Precision Medicine, Psychiatric Disorders

Christina Boisseau

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Field: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychology

Focus Areas: Behavior Change, Depression and Anxiety, Mental Health, Psychiatric Disorders

Mercedes Carnethon

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Vice Chair and Mary Harris Thompson Professor of Preventive Medicine

Field: Cardiology, Endocrinology and Metabolic Medicine, Epidemiology, Preventive Medicine, Public Health

Focus Areas: Cardiovascular Health, Depression and Anxiety, Diabetes, Health Equity and Disparities, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases, Obesity, Sleep

Joe Feinglass

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Research Professor of Medicine

Field: Emergency Medicine, Epidemiology, Medical Social Sciences, Preventive Medicine, Public Health

Focus Areas: Amputations, Arthritis, Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiovascular Health, Community Health, Depression and Anxiety, Diabetes, Healthcare Policy, Health Equity and Disparities, Health Insurance, Medical Quality of Life, Opioid Addiction, Postpartum Health, Public Health Policy, Vascular Disease

Jacqueline Gollan

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Field: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychology

Focus Areas: Behavior Change, Cognitive Therapy, Decision Making, Depression and Anxiety, Psychological Counseling, Stress

Timothy Pearman

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Professor, Medical Social Sciences and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Field: Integrative Medicine, Medical Social Sciences, Preventive Medicine, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychology

Focus Areas: Behavior Change, Cancer Survivorship, Depression and Anxiety, Gynecologic Cancer, Lifestyle and Wellness, Lymphoma, Medical Quality of Life, Mental Health, Oncofertility, Pancreatic Cancer, Psychological Counseling

Paul Pendler

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant Professor Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Field: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Focus Areas: Depression and Anxiety, Employee wellness and burnout, Healthcare Industry, Lifestyle and Wellness, Mental Health

Jessica Lee Schleider

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Associate Professor of Medical Social Sciences

Field: Psychology, Public Health

Focus Areas: Adolescent Health and Psychology, Clinical Research, Depression and Anxiety, Health Equity and Disparities, Mental Health, Psychological Counseling, Therapy and Counseling

Stewart Shankman

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Professor of psychology and behavioral sciences

Field: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychology

Focus Areas: Clinical Research, Cognitive Therapy, Depression and Anxiety, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychological Counseling, Stress

Darius Tandon

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Professor, Department of Medical Social Sciences

Field: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychology, Public Health

Focus Areas: Cognitive Therapy, Community Health, Depression and Anxiety, Mental Health, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychological Counseling

Alyssa M Vela

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant Professor of Surgery (Division of Cardiac Surgery)

Field: Cardiology, Preventive Medicine, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychology, Surgery

Focus Areas: Behavior Change, Cardiovascular Health, Depression and Anxiety, Eating Disorders, Heart Transplant, Lifestyle and Wellness, Stress

Dr. Jonathon William Wanta

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant Professor in the Prtizkey Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Field: Emergency Medicine, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Focus Areas: ADD and ADHD, Autism, Depression and Anxiety, Stress

Dr. Katherine L. Wisner

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Norman and Helen Asher Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Field: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Focus Areas: Bipolar Disorder, Depression and Anxiety, Mental Health, Postpartum Health, Women's Health