Journal of Depression and Anxiety
Open Access
ISSN: 2167-1044
ISSN: 2167-1044
Michael Jauregui
Professor
Dr. Escamilla is a bilingual, bi-cultural Mexican American psychiatrist and scientist with more than 20 years of experience in genetic research and research training. Escamilla completed his B.A. at Harvard University, his M.D. at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, and his post-doctorate work (in psychiatry and psychiatric genetics) at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He served as a faculty member at UCSF from 1996 through 1998 and returned to work in San Antonio (at UTHSCSA) in 1998.
He is currently a Professor with TTUHSC Paul L. Foster School of Medicine. He directs the Center of Emphasis for Neurosciences, in El Paso, the South Texas Psychiatric Genetics Research Center in San Antonio, and the South Texas Medical Genetics Research Group (based in Edinburg, Texas).
Dr. Escamilla has been the principal investigator of several studies focusing on the genetics of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, and has led multi-site collaborations of researchers from the United States, Mexico, Central and South America. He is especially committed to improving our understanding of the biological and environmental causes of severely disabling illnesses, and to encouraging and developing the potential of minorities interested in becoming researchers. His research findings have been published in Nature Genetics, the American Journal of Human Genetics, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science and other journals.
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