DavidRRubinowMD

Professor and Chair of Psychiatry; Professor of Medicine; Director, UNC Innovation and Health Care System Transformation; and Director, UNC Center for Women’s Mood Disorders

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Office
101 Manning Dr
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Phone+1 919-966-8596

Fax+1 919-843-5515

Education & Training

National Institutes of Health Clinical CenterResidency, Psychiatry, 1979 - 1981
Yale-New Haven Medical CenterResidency, Psychiatry, 1976 - 1979
Uconn School Of MedicineClass of 1975

Certifications & Licensure

NC State Medical License 2006 - 2025
MD State Medical License 1980 - 2007
DC State Medical License 1982 - 2006
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Elected Member Institute of Medicine, 2011

Clinical Trials

Neurophysiology of Postpartum Depression in an Experimental Model of Pregnancy and Parturition Start of enrollment: 2013 Aug 01
Completed
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Cortisol and ACTH response to Dex/CRH testing and 24-hour urine free cortisol levels in women with and without premenstrual dysphoric disorder.
Constance X Zou, Gioia M Guerrieri, Pedro E Martinez, Xiaobai Li, Rivka Ben Dor
Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2024-11-30
1 citations
Closed-Loop Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation for the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder: An Open-Label Pilot Study.
Tobias Schwippel, Francesca Pupillo, Zachary Feldman, Christopher Walker, Leah Townsend
The American Journal of Psychiatry. 2024-09-01
4 citations
Temporal dynamics of neurobehavioral hormone sensitivity in a scaled-down experimental model of early pregnancy and parturition.
Tory Eisenlohr-Moul, Danielle A Swales, David R Rubinow, Lauren Schiff, Crystal E Schiller
Neuropsychopharmacology. 2024-01-01

Journal Articles

Safety of Estradiol Treatment in Perimenopausal Asymptomatic Women—Reply
David Rubinow, MD, JAMA
Sex Differences and the Neurobiology of Affective Disorders
David Rubinow, MD, Nature

Authored Content

Progesterone and Plasma Metabolites in Women with and in Those Without Premenstrual Dysphoric DisorderSeptember 2018
Progesterone and Plasma Metabolites in Women with and in Those Without Premenstrual Dysphoric DisorderSeptember 2018
F122. The Neuronal Stem Cell Transcriptome of Premenstrual Dysphoric DisorderApril 2018
S102. Pilot Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial of Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (tACS) for the Treatment of Major Depressive DisorderApril 2018
S100. Efficacy and Safety of Brexanolone IV Across Phase 2/3 Studies: A First-in-Class GABAA Receptor Positive Allosteric Modulator for Postpartum DepressionApril 2018
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Press Mentions

Personalized Brain Stimulation Significantly Decreases Depression SymptomsAugust 27th, 2024
FDA Approves ZULRESSO™ (Brexanolone) Injection for Postpartum Depression Following Three Clinical Trials Led by UNC ResearcherMarch 20th, 2019
Brain Stimulation Improves Depression Symptoms, Restores Brain Waves in Clinical StudyMarch 11th, 2019
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Grant Support

Depression, Estrogen Replacement, And Cardiovascular Health In The PerimenopauseNational Institute Of Mental Health2010–2012
Continuous OC Treatment In PMDD: Steroid Hormone MechanismsNational Institute Of Mental Health2008–2011
Menstrually Related Mood Disorders Screening ProtocolNational Center For Research Resources2008
Sex Dimorphisms/Gonadal Steroid Effect--NeuroregulationNational Institute Of Mental Health2005
Reproductive Endocrine Related Mood DisordersNational Institute Of Mental Health2003–2005
Neuroregulation: Sexual Dimorphisms And Gonadal SteroidsNational Institute Of Mental Health2004
Reproductive Endocrine Related Mood Disorders--DifferentNational Institute Of Mental Health2001–2004
Sexual Dimorphisms &Gonadal Steroid Effects On NeuroregNational Institute Of Mental Health2001–2003
Sexual Dimorphisms &Gonadal Steroid Effects On Neuroregulation/NeurodevelopmentNational Institute Of Mental Health1997–2000
Reproductive Endocrine Related Mood Disorders--Differential SensitivityNational Institute Of Mental Health1997–2000
Sexual Dimorphisms &Amp;Gonadal Steroid Effects On Neuroregulation/NeurodevelopmNational Institute Of Mental Health1998
Psychobiology And Treatment Of Menstrually Related Mood DisordersNational Institute Of Mental Health1997
Psychobiology And Treatment Of Menstrually-Related Mood DisordersNational Institute Of Mental Health1996
Psychobiology And Treatment Of Peri-Menopausal Mood DisordersNational Institute Of Mental Health1991–1995
Psychobiology And Treatment Of Peri-Menopausal DisordersNational Institute Of Mental Health1990