João Quevedo, MD, PhD concluded his MD in 1998, his residency training in Psychiatry
in 2000, his fellowship in Psychopharmacology in 2001 and his PhD in Biological
Sciences (Biochemistry) in 2002, all from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul,
Brazil.
After being Faculty for almost 15 years at The University of Southern Santa Catarina
(UNESC) in Brazil where he hold several positions including Dean of the Medical
School, he moved to the Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,
McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
(UTHealth) in 2014. Over there he now serves as Professor, Vice-Chair for Faculty
Development and Outreach, Director of the Translational Psychiatry Program and
Director of the Treatment-Resistant Depression Clinic. He is also Professor at the
Neuroscience Graduate Program, The University of Texas MD Anderson UTHeatlh
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. He is still Adjunct Professor and Director of
the Translational Psychiatry Laboratory at the Graduate Program in Health Sciences, at
his former brazilian university, The University of Southern Santa Catarina. Dr. Joao
Quevedo also serves as Editor-in-Chief for the Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry and
Associate Editor for Translational Psychiatry.
He has been involved in research since 1994, while still in Medical School. As a medical
student he was a research fellow in the laboratory of Prof. Ivan A. Izquierdo, the most
important scientist in Brazil at that time. In 1996 he published his first research paper
focused on the neurobiology of learning and memory, area to which he devoted
himself until shortly after the completion of his PhD He was gradually shifting his
research interest to the neurobiology of psychiatric disorders, particularly mood
disorders. Dr. João Quevedo became a specialist in major depressive disorder and
bipolar disorder, both as clinician and researcher. As clinician he has been working
with treatment-resistant patients managing complex differential diagnosis and
personalized treatment strategies. As researcher he has been making important
contributions in understanding the pathophysiology of these diseases as well
developing experimental treatments that can be used in the clinic in the near future.
Possui graduação em Medicina (1993-1998), especialização em Psiquiatria (1999-2000), fellowship em Psicofarmacologia (2001-2002) e doutorado em Ciências Biológicas (Bioquímica) (1999-2002) pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Atualmente é Professor do Departamento de Psiquiatria e Ciencias do Comportamento da McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, TX, USA. La atua como Vice Chair for Faculty Development and Outreach, Diretor do Translational Psychiatry Program e do Treatment-Resistant Mood Disorders Program. É ainda professor titular de Psiquiatria e coordenador do Laboratório de Neurociências da Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense (UNESC), Criciuma, SC, Brasil. É também pesquisador 1A do Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), membro afiliado da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, editor chefe da Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria, vice-diretor cientifico da Associação Catarinense de Psiquiatria e secretario da Houston Psychiatric Society.
