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Investigator Spotlight: Dr. Charles Raison

January 17, 2012

Charles L. Raison, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Emory University School of Medicine

Supported Research

An evaluation of the efficacy of the tumor necrosis factor-alpha antagonist infliximab in treatment resistant major depression: Mechanisms and mediators - NIMH
Compassion and Attention Longitudinal Meditation Study - NCCAM
Phenomenology and Pathophysiology of Interferon-alpha Induced Behavioral Change - NIMH
Pathophysiologic Mechanisms of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS): Neuroendocrinology and Genomics - CDC
Stress and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Psychobiological Study in a Population-Based Sample - CDC
Compassion Meditation as a Strategy for Reducing Depressive Symptoms and Physiological Stress in Freshman College Students
Phenotyping Immune-based Depression
The Compassion and Attention Longitudinal Meditation (CALM) Study - Can Compassion Meditation Help Relieve Stress? VIDEO

ACTSI Support

Protocol support - GCRCs
Biomedical Informatics support - BIP
Biostatistics support - BERD

News Selections

ABC News | Re-wiring your brain for happiness: Research shows how meditation can physically change the brain
Nightline | Sign of the times: Meditate to find happiness
July 28, 2011

CNN | Can meditation change your brain?
October 26, 2010

CNN | WAVY-TV | Meditation reduces stress, instills compassion
October 18, 2010

Emory Health Now | Eastern and Western Medicine United for Mind/Body Health
January 4, 2010

Publication Selections

Biological Psychiatry | Inflammation and its discontents: the role of cytokines in the pathophysiology of major depression

Brain, Behavior and Immunity | Association of peripheral inflammatory markers with chronic fatigue in a population-based sample

Psychoneuroendocrinology | Effect of compassion meditation on neuroendocrine, innate immune and behavioral responses to psychosocial stress