Dr. Andrew H. Miller MD
Main Research Focus
Dr. Andrew Miller is William P. Timmie Professor of
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Director of Psychiatric Oncology at the
Winship Cancer Institute at the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta,
Georgia. Dr. Miller attended
medical school at the Medical College of Georgia and did a residency in
psychiatry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. As a junior faculty member, Dr. Miller
trained at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Rockefeller University in New
York. Dr. Miller’s work focuses on
the impact of the activated innate immune system on behavior and health. He is also interested in the role of
glucocorticoid hormones in the regulation of inflammatory responses. Dr. Miller has produced over 150 scholarly
publications and edited a book entitled Depressive
Disorders and Immunity. Dr.
Miller currently has several studies funded by the National Institute of Mental
Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to examine the
mechanism and treatment of cytokine-induced depression and fatigue as
represented by the cytokine, interferon alpha, which is used for the treatment
of infectious diseases and cancer.
His interferon alpha studies provide a model to understand and treat
depression, fatigue and cognitive dysfunction in medically ill patients and
patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. Dr. Miller’s research awards include
the Curt Richter Award from the International Society of
Psychoneuroendocrinology and the Norman Cousins Award from the
Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society.
Aside from his research endeavors, Dr. Miller is a Board Certified
Psychiatrist and past examiner for the American Board of Psychiatry and
Neurology. He is also the
recipient of 3 teaching awards, a NARSAD Independent Investigator Award and an
NIMH Research Scientist Development Award, which he has held for the past 20
years.
