Raquel E. Gur, MD, PhD

  • Karl and Linda Rickels Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania
  • Director of Neuropsychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center

    • Bio

    Raquel E. Gur, M.D. Ph.D., is Karl and Linda Rickels Professor of Psychiatry, with appointments in Neurology and Radiology at the University of Pennsylvania. Her academic career has been devoted to the study of brain function in schizophrenia. After completing her Ph.D. in Michigan State University in 1974, she joined the University of Pennsylvania, first as a Fellow, then as a Medical Student, a Resident in Neurology and Psychiatry and a Faculty member. Dr. Gur has directed the Neuropsychiatry Section and the Schizophrenia Research Center and has established an interdisciplinary program dedicated to advancing the understanding of the pathophysiology of this complex disorder through the application of diverse strategies, from neurobehavioral to molecular. The research has been supported by the NIMH, where she is currently serving on Council. She has over 200 referred publications and her accomplishment have been acknowledged by awards and membership in the Institute of Medicine. She is president elect of eh Society of Biological Psychiatry.