Barbara Geller, M.D., was Professor Emerita of Psychiatry at Washington University in St. Louis. She was internationally recognized for research into pediatric bipolar disorders and was principal investigator on multiple NIMH-funded grants. Among her awards were the Cummings Special Research Award from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the Exemplary Psychiatrist Award from the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill. Dr. Geller served on numerous federal advisory committees and published more than 130 articles on childhood manic-depressive disorders. She wrote for NEJM Journal Watch Psychiatry from 1997 to 2018, specializing in articles on child psychiatry and neuroscience.

Dr. Geller has no disclosures.

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