Jeremy M. Veenstra-VanderWeele, MD

Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele, MD, is the William and Joy Ruane Professor of Pediatric Psychopharmacology (in Psychiatry) at Columbia University; Associate Vice Chair and Director of the Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Developmental Sciences at NewYork-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI), and Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He is a child and adolescent psychiatrist who uses molecular and translational neuroscience research tools in the pursuit of new treatments for autism spectrum disorder and pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Dr. Veenstra-VanderWeele's laboratory at Columbia University and NYSPI focuses on the neurotransmitter systems in genetic mouse models with abnormal social or repetitive/compulsive-like behavior. His clinical research program at the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Center for Autism and the Developing Brain studies potential interventions in autism spectrum disorder and related genetic syndromes. Dr. Veenstra-VanderWeele's work has been recognized with multiple awards, including the 2017 Blanche Ittelson Award for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry from the American Psychiatric Association.

In addition to his research and clinical efforts, Dr. Veenstra-VanderWeele is dedicated to helping train and develop the next generation of child psychiatrists and scientists who can generate an improved understanding of childhood neuropsychiatric disorders and deliver new treatments to the clinic. He serves as Co-Director of both the NIMH T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship for Translational Research in Child Psychiatric Disorders and the Whitaker Scholar Program in Developmental Neuropsychiatry at NYSPI/Columbia University Medical Center. He also founded and co-directs the NIMH R25 Shaffer Scholars Program in Child Psychiatry Research, a research track in the child and adolescent psychiatry clinical residency.