The Karl and Linda Rickels Professorship of Psychiatry
The Professorship was established in 1998 through the generosity of Karl Rickels, MD, and is named in honor of Dr. Rickels and his wife, Linda. It is intended to be awarded to an internationally renowned psychiatrist who is a clinician, researcher, and teacher with particular interests in biological psychiatry and in the interface between biological and psychological psychiatry.
Dr. Rickels is the Stuart and Emily Mudd Professor of Psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine. During his remarkable 60-year career, he founded both the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Section in the Department of Psychiatry and the Division of Human Behavior and Reproduction in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Since 1959, he has conducted research on anxiety, panic disorders, social phobias, depression, insomnia, PMS, and treatment response. His insight has been sought worldwide in shaping drug development and policy.
Current Chairholder
Raquel E. Gur, MD, PhD
Raquel E. Gur, MD, PhD is Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Radiology at the Perelman School of Medicine, where she directs the Neuropsychiatry Section and the Schizophrenia Research Center. She also serves as Vice Chair of Research Development in the Department of Psychiatry. Her combined training in psychology, neurology, and psychiatry has provided her with the tools to pursue an academic career working with basic and clinical neuroscientists to advance the understanding of schizophrenia.
Dr. Gur is a member of and has served in organizations, including the National Academy of Medicine, NIMH, and the American Psychiatric Association. She participated in the DSM-5 Psychosis Work Group. She is the past President of the Society of Biological Psychiatry and President-Elect of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. NIMH has supported her research efforts, and she has over 300 publications in peer-reviewed journals.
Previous Chairholders
- Robert H. Lenox, MD 1998–2002