Brought to you by the Depression Is Real Coalition, The Down & Up Show is dedicated to the reality of depression. Our hosts will talk with some of the world's top experts on depression, as well as people who have been impacted by this illness. The reality of depression is that it is a debilitating and potentially deadly medical condition that affects more than 15 million Americans every year. The other reality of depression is that there is hope.

Dr. Francis McMahon

Dr. McMahon received a B.A. in Biology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1982 and an M.D. from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1987. He stayed on at Hopkins to complete a medical internship, a residency in adult psychiatry, and a post-doctoral fellowship in genetics. He became an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Hopkins in 1993, and an Associate Professor in 1997. In 1998, he moved to the University of Chicago, where he continued his research while serving as Medical Director of the electroconvulsive therapy clinic. In 2002, he joined the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program of the NIMH Intramural Research Program as Chief of its genetics unit. He is also a member of the part-time faculty at the Johns Hopkins Department of Psychiatry. Dr. McMahon sits on the board of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics, the editorial boards of Biological Psychiatry and International Review of Psychiatry, and serves as a scientific advisor for the Tourette Syndrome Association, the American Society for the Prevention of Suicide, Autism Speaks, and the Rutgers University Cell & DNA Repository. He has received awards for his work from NARSAD, NAMI, and the Edward F. Mallinckrodt Foundation, and was recently recognized with an NIMH DirectorÕs Award for Significant Achievement. He has authored numerous scientific reports and textbook chapters.

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