Ramin Mojtabai, M.D., PhD, MPH

Professor

School of Medicine
Department
Psychiatry

Education & Affiliations

MD, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran, 1979-1988:
PhD in Clinical Psychology, University of Tulsa, OK, 1992-1996
MPH, School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, 2001-2002
Internship in Clinical Psychology at the Department of Psychiatry, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC, 1995-1996
NIMH Postdoctoral Fellowship in Schizophrenia Research, Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, 1996-1999
Residency in General Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, 2004-2008
Fellow, American Psychiatric Association

Biography

Dr. Mojtabai is a psychiatrist, clinical psychologist and mental health services researcher. Before joining Tulane, he taught at Johns Hopkins University where he was a Professor at the Department of Mental Health of Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, MD, with Joint appointment in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. He has also taught at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences of Columbia University in New York. Dr. Mojtabai is Board Certified in Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He has published over 300 papers in peer-reviewed journals and has served as Principal Investigator on several NIH R01 grants focusing on behavioral health services and psychiatric epidemiology.