Our Specialties
The Future of Medicine Precision Medicine Centers of Excellence in Psychiatry
Our Precision Medicine Centers are aimed at bringing clinicians and researchers together to study how best to get the right treatments to the right patients at the right times. Disease categories are heterogenous, and the Centers aim to break out more homogenous subtypes of illness. The hope is that these illness subtypes will be differentially responsive to various available treatments. Or perhaps a given subtype will suggest a new treatment development opportunity.
Alzheimer's Disease
The Richman Family Precision Medicine Center of Excellence in Alzheimer’s Disease
Mood Disorders
The Stanley and Elizabeth Star Precision Medicine Center of Excellence in Mood Disorders
Psychosis
Schizoaffective Disorders
Precision Medicine Center of Excellence in Schizoaffective Disorders
Psychedelics Research and Psilocybin Therapy
The Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research is leading the way in exploring innovative treatments using psilocybin. The molecular structure of psilocybin, a naturally occurring psychedelic compound found in 'magic mushrooms,' allows it to penetrate the central nervous system. The scientific and medical experts are just beginning to understand its effects on the brain and mind and its potential as therapeutics for mental illnesses. Backed by $55 million in funding, researchers build on previous work and expand research on psychedelics for illness and wellness.
Mental health care is a basic health right that everyone should have access to.
Dr. Erica Richards received the Levi Watkins Ideals Award during the annual celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s life and legacy. The award recognizes Johns Hopkins Medicine leaders who demonstrate an unwavering commitment to our organizational values in service to the greater community. The award is named after Dr. Levi Watkins Jr, a pioneering cardiologist and civil rights activist who founded the annual MLK Commemoration at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Richards took some time out to reflect on Dr. King’s legacy and share what the award – and the annual MLK celebration – mean to her and to the Hopkins community.
Dr. Richard's work on Diverse Participation in Research
Education and Research
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Professional Education
The depth of our clinical expertise and the breadth of our research programs allow us to train the next generation of psychiatrists and scientists to be clinical and research leaders.
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Knowledge to Cure & Prevent
Our clinical research programs range from efficacy and treatment-response studies to clinical trials and epidemiology.
#TomorrowsDiscoveries
Understanding Anorexia Nervosa
Angela Guarda, M.D., and her team of researchers are working to understand anorexia nervosa and its addictive nature so they can improve the treatment process.
Huntington Disease and Its Effects
Dr. Jee Bang and her research team are currently running numerous clinical studies on Huntington’s disease. The studies involve testing new experimental drugs that treat symptoms, all while looking for new targets for therapeutics.
Our Locations
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The Johns Hopkins Hospital
1800 Orleans St.
Baltimore, Maryland 21287
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The Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
4940 Eastern Ave.
Baltimore, Maryland 21224
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Sibley Memorial Hospital
5255 Loughboro Road, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20016
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Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center
5755 Cedar Lane
Columbia, Maryland 21044