Jonathan Javitch

Jonathan is the Lieber Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Molecular Pharmacology and Therapeutics at Columbia University, and Chief of the Division of Molecular Therapeutics at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. He received his MD/PhD at Johns Hopkins University, where he studied the mechanism of MPTP neurotoxicity with Solomon Snyder, and completed postdoctoral training in receptor biochemistry with Arthur Karlin at Columbia University. His research on G protein-coupled receptor structure, function, and regulation in neuropsychiatric illness has been continuously funded by NIMH for over 30 years.