Israel Liberzon, MD

Biography

Israel Liberzon, MD, is a University Distinguished Professor and Stearman Endowed Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Texas A&M University Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine. He started his academic career as an assistant professor at the University of Michigan and established the PTSD program at the Ann Arbor VAMC, a program that has grown and remained at the forefront of biological research of PTSD worldwide for more than 20 years. He progressed in Michigan as an associate, full and then endowed professor, also serving as a professor of psychology and neuroscience, leading Trauma, Stress, and Anxiety Research Group, Psychiatric Affective Neuroimaging Laboratory, VA fMRI research facility, Stress Neurobiology laboratory, and more. In 2018, Dr. Liberzon was recruited as a founding chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Texas A&M University. Dr. Liberzon's primary research interest centers on emotions, stress and stress-related disorders like PTSD, particularly in the regulation and dysregulation of stress response systems. His work integrates cognitive, functional neuroimaging, neuroendocrine and genetic approaches. Dr. Liberzon's leadership has been continuously funded with multiple NIMH RO1 grants, VA Career development and NIH K awards, VA merit awards, Army and DoD grants, and more. He has published more than 320 peer-reviewed manuscripts and has authored and edited several books and multiple book chapters. Dr. Liberzon has also mentored 11 KO1 and VA Career Development awardees and multiple trainees who are holding leading academic positions in first-rank institutions around the world.