- Position : Hedberg Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry; Professor, Department of Psychology; Director, HealthEmotions Research Institute; Affiliate Scientist, Wisconsin Regional Primate Center
- Institution : University of Wisconsin
- Department : Psychiatry
- Location : Madison, WI , USA
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Dr. Ned H. Kalin MD
Main Research Focus
Behavioral and neurobiological ontogeny of the fear response CNS regulation and neuropharmacology of neuroendocrine systems; psychobiology of depression and anxiety; psychobiology of positive emotion; health and emotion linkages
Career
Dr. Kalin uses state-of-the-art scientific methods to study the relationship between positive emotions and health. His research focuses on uncovering basic mechanisms that link stress to the development of psychopathology and to understanding the adaptive and maladaptive regulation of emotion.
Awards
The 1985 A.E. Bennett Award for basic science research in biological psychiatry
The 2005 Edward A. Strecker Award
The 2007 Gerald Klerman Senior Investigator Award
The 2007 American College of Psychiatrists Award for Research in Mood Disorders
Publication Highlights
Herringa RJ, Roseboom PH, Kalin NH. Decreased amygdala CRF-binding protein mRNA in post-mortem tissue from male but not female bipolar and schizophrenic subjects. Neuropsychopharmacology 31:1822-1831, 2006.
Kalin NH, Shelton SE, Engeland CG, Haraldsson HM, Marucha PT. Stress decreases, while central nucleus amygdala lesions increase, IL-8 and MIP-1alpha gene expression during tissue healing in non-human primates. Brain Behavior Immunity 20:564-568, 2006.
Fox AS, Shelton SE, Oakes TR, Davidson RJ, Kalin NH. Trait-like brain activity during adolescence predicts anxious temperament in primates. PLoS One 3:e2570, 2008. PMCID: PMC2430534
Kalin NH, Shelton SE, Fox AS, Rogers J, Oakes TR, Davidson RJ. The serotonin transporter genotype is associated with intermediate brain phenotypes that depend on the context of the eliciting stressor. Molecular Psychiatry 13:1021-1027, 2008.
Whalen PJ, Johnstone T, Somerville LH, Nitschke JB, Polis S, Alexander AL, Davidson RJ, Kalin NH. A functional magnetic resonance imaging predictor of treatment response to venlafaxine in generalized anxiety disorder. Biological Psychiatry 63:858-863, 2008.
