Maurizio Fava, MD is the Chair of the Department of Psychiatry/Psychiatrist-In-Chief at Mass General; Executive Director of the Clinical Trials Network & Institute; Associate Dean for Clinical & Translational Research, and Slater Family Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He was the co-principal investigator of the STAR*D trial with Dr. A. John Rush, the largest clinical trial ever conducted in depression. In addition to his numerous clinical trials and studies in treatment-resistant depression, Dr. Fava has contributed significantly to the field of psychiatric research in a number of other areas. He has edited eight books and authored or co-authored more than 900 original articles published in medical journals with international circulation, articles which have been cited more than 100,000 times in the literature and with an h index greater than 150 on Google Scholar.
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Bringing together the Departments of Psychiatry at Mass General and Brigham, Dr. Fava will build on the incredible achievements and reputations of both organizations to […] -
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Adding repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation was shown to be more effective than switching antidepressants or augmenting with aripiprazole in patients with treatment-resistant depression. -
This exploratory clinical trial indicates that higher doses of omega-3 fatty acids improves motivational symptoms and cognition in depressed individuals exhibiting a pro-inflammatory phenotype. -
These pioneers in their fields represent the most influential researchers who have published multiple papers frequently cited by their peers that rank in the top […] -
Among girls and women with anorexia nervosa, higher blood levels of the appetite-stimulating hormone ghrelin were associated with longitudinal weight gain.