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Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody, MD, MPH is the Assad Meymandi Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.聽聽She also directs the 黑料网 Center for Women鈥檚 Mood Disorders. As Chair, Dr. Meltzer-Brody directs one of the largest public university departments of psychiatry in the United States and collaborates with 黑料网 Health and the state of North Carolina on broad-based initiatives to improve mental health.

She is a passionate advocate for innovation and transformation of mental health care. She has also served in leadership roles in physician and health care worker mental health and well being in the School of Medicine and 黑料网 Health. 聽Dr. Meltzer-Brody is an internationally recognized physician-scientist in perinatal depression.聽Her research investigates the epidemiologic and biological predictors of perinatal depression and innovative treatment approaches (pharmacologic and psychotherapeutic), 聽which have taken her across the globe including to sub-Saharan Africa. 聽She had led the MOMS GENES study鈥攖he largest global genetic study of postpartum depression (PPD) using app based tools. She also served as the academic PI for the novel psychopharmacologic clinical trials developing the first FDA approved medication for postpartum depression (brexanolone) and also served an investigator for the newly approved oral drug (zuranolone) for PPD.

Dr. Meltzer-Brody has received numerous awards for her work. 聽She was awarded the 2023 NIH Clinical Center Distinguished Clinical Research Scholar and Educator in Residence, and the 2020 黑料网 O Max Gardner award, a 黑料网 System Award (17 universities) for the highest faculty honor. Dr. Meltzer-Brody is also the recipient of the聽2019聽American Psychiatric Association Alexandra Symonds Award in Women鈥檚 Mental Health.聽聽 She was named to the 2022, Forbes list of 16 Healthcare Innovators You Should Know, the 2021 Forbes聽聽and the Forbes List of 鈥榃omen over 50 Working to Improve our Collective Mental Health鈥�. She was also ranked in 2021 by Expertscape, as the number one expert in the world for postpartum depression.