Blair Simpson, MD, PhD
Columbia University
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Blair Simpson, MD, PhD is a highly experienced professional with 17.8 years of work experience in mental health and clinical research. She is currently the Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the College of Physician and Surgeons of Columbia University and the Director of the Anxiety Disorders Clinic at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. Dr. Simpson's research program focuses on improving treatments for people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and related disorders, focusing on treatment development studies, clinical trials, and brain imaging studies. She has been associated with the Anxiety Disorders Clinic since 1996 and has been associated with the National Institutes of Mental Health and private foundations.
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Helen Blair Simpson, M.D., Ph.D., is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the College of Physician and Surgeons of Columbia University and the Director of the Anxiety Disorders Clinic at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. Dr. Simpson’s research program focuses on how to improve treatments for people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and related disorders so that these people can live productive lives. Her research is interdisciplinary. It ranges from treatment development studies to clinical trials examining the effects of medication and cognitive-behavioral therapy to brain imaging studies exploring the brain mechanisms of OCD to animal studies in collaboration with basic scientists. Her work has been funded by the National Institutes of Mental Health and private foundations like the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation and NARSAD. She was a member of the workgroup that developed the first Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Patients with OCD for the American Psychiatric Association. She is an Advisor to the DSM-5 Workgroup on OCD and Related Disorders.Dr. Simpson graduated from Yale College with a BS in biology and completed the MD-PhD program at The Rockefeller University/Cornell University Medical College. She then completed the internship and residency in psychiatry at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center/New York State Psychiatric Institute. Dr. Simpson has been associated with the Anxiety Disorders Clinic since 1996, first as a National Institutes of Mental Health Research Fellow under the mentorship of Dr. Michael Liebowitz, then as an independent researcher and Director of the Obsessive-Compulsive Research Program, and now as Director of the Anxiety Disorders Clinic since 2006.-For more information and a list of my publications, please visit: http://asp.cumc.columbia.edu/facdb/profile_list.asp?uni=hbs1&DepAffil=Psychiatry-Also follow the Center for OCD and Related Disorders on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ColumbiaOCD
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Blair Simpson, MD, PhD's Professional Milestones
- Director of the Center for Occupational Health and Safety (2006-01-01~): Ensuring a culture of safety and a culture of accident prevention and preventive care.
- Professor Of Clinical Psychiatry: Publishing groundbreaking research in the field of psychiatry and published in the field of clinical psychiatry
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