Rakesh Jain, MD, MPH

Director of Psychiatric Drug Research, R/D Clinical Research Center, Lake Jackson, TX ; U.S. Psychiatric and Mental Health Congress 2008 Teacher of the Year; U.S. Psychiatric and Metal Health Congress 2010 Program Chair.

Dr. Jain attended medical school at the University of Calcutta in India. and then attended graduate school at the University of Texas School of Public Health in Houston where he was awarded the National Institute/Center for Disease Control Competitive Traineeship. He graduated from the School of Public Health in 1987 with a Masters of Public Health (MPH) degree.

After graduate school, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in Research Psychiatry, under the Gerontology Center of the University of Texas Mental Sciences Institute in Houston where he was a recipient of a National Research Service Award for the support of the Post Doctoral Fellowship. After this, he served a three-year residency in Psychiatry at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, and two years of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship.

Dr. Jain is currently involved in multiple research projects studying the effects of medications on short-term and long-term treatment of depression, anxiety, pain/ mood overlap disorders, and psychosis in adult and child/adolescent populations. He is also the author of several articles on the issue of mood and pain conditions. He was recently named “Public Citizen of the Year” by the National Association of Social Workers, Gulf Coast Chapter, in recognition of community and peer education and championing of mental health issues.

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Jon W. Draud, MS, MD

Jon W. Draud, M.S., M.D, is the Medical Director of Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine Services at Baptist Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee, and Middle Tennessee Medical Center, Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He is also currently in the private practice of adult and adolescent psychiatry.

Dr. Draud received his MS in Pharmacology and his MD at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. He received postgraduate medical education at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, where he completed a residency in Psychiatry. A Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Dr. Draud is a member of the American Psychiatric Association, American Medical Association, American Academy of Psychiatry and Law, and American Academy of Sleep Medicine. He is active in teaching medical students and residents, and he has delivered over 3500 professional lectures to medical personnel. Dr. Draud serves on numerous advisory boards, is an active national-level speaker for several companies, and is involved in neurobiological initiatives related to psychiatric illness.

Dr. Draud has been involved in the design and implementation of several neurobiology projects, including the disease states of depression, bipolar disorder, insomnia, and pain, with an emphasis on fibromyalgia and neuropathic pain. Most recently, he was appointed by the MJ consulting group to its Neuroscience Advisory Council and is one of the four founding members of the Integrative Neurobiology Educational Institute, which is a nationally based “think tank”, aimed at raising public awareness about the neurobiological underpinnings common among many psychiatric disease states. Recently, Dr. Draud was appointed by CME LLC as a member of the Steering Committee for content development for the U.S. Psychiatric and Mental Health Congress in 2009 and 2010.

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Vladimir Maletic, MD, MS (Neurobiology)

Clinical Professor of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC; Consulting Associate, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Duke University, Durham, NC.

Vladimir Maletic, MD, is Clinical Professor of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Columbia, and Consulting Associate in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Dr. Maletic received his MD in 1981 and his MS in Neurobiology in 1985, both at the University of Belgrade in Yugoslavia. He went on to serve a residency in Psychiatry at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, followed by a residency in Child Psychiatry at Duke University.

Dr. Maletic is a member of several professional organizations, including the Southern Psychiatric Association and American College of Psychiatrists. In addition, he has published numerous articles and has participated in various national and international meetings and congresses. His special areas of interest include neurobiology of mood disorders, pain, anxiety disorders, ADHD and regulation of sleep and wakefulness. Dr. Maletic is board-certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

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Charles Raison, M.D.^*

Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Director, Behavioral Immunity Clinic, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; CNN.com Mental Health expert.

Dr. Charles Raison is an associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine. He also serves as Clinical Director of the Mind-Body program at the University. Dr. Raison received his medical degree from Washington University in St. Louis, MO, where he was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha and won the Missouri State Medical Association Award. He completed residency training at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital in Los Angeles. Dr. Raison served as Director of Emergency Psychiatric services and Associate Director of consultation and evaluation services at UCLA prior to joining the faculty at Emory University. The recipient of several teaching awards, Dr. Raison receives research funding from the National Institute of Mental Health, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. His research focuses on bi-directional relationships between stress and immune systems, especially as these pertain to depression in the medically ill. His research ranges from immune system effects on central nervous system functioning to the application of compassion meditation as a strategy to reduce inflammatory responses to psychosocial stress. In addition to his activities at Emory, Dr. Raison is the mental health expert for cnn.com, serves as Chief Scientific Advisor for Contemplativehealth.com and is on the editorial board of Brain, Behavior and Immunity.

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