Director
Global Research Network on Social Determinants of Health
Dilip V. Jeste, M.D. is Director of the Global Research Network on Social Determinants of Mental Health and Exposomics, President-Elect of the World Federation for Psychotherapy, and Editor-in-Chief of the International Psychogeriatrics. He is Former Senior Associate Dean for Healthy Aging and Senior Care and Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Neurosciences at University of California San Diego. He obtained his medical education in India. In the US, he completed psychiatry residency at Cornell, and Neurology residency at George Washington University. He was a research fellow, and later, Unit Chief at the National Institute of Mental Health before joining UC San Diego where he worked for 36 years. Dr. Jeste has been Principal Investigator on a number of research and training grants. His main areas of research include schizophrenia, neuropsychiatric interventions, healthy aging, and wisdom. He has published 15 books, including “Wiser”, “Positive Psychiatry”, and “Successful Cognitive and Emotional Aging”, and many peer-reviewed journal articles. He is Past President of the American Psychiatric Association and American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine, and was a member of the NIMH Advisory Council and NIH Council of Councils. He was listed in “The Best Doctors in America” and in the Institute of Scientific Information list of the “world's most cited authors”. Dr. Jeste has received many awards from national and international organizations and universities. He has been a TEDMED speaker. His work has been cited in major media outlets.
