Carmine Pariante

Carmine M. PARIANTE is Professor of Biological Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, and Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.  

He investigates the role of stress and inflammation in the pathogenesis of mental disorders and in the response to psychotropic drugs, both in clinical samples and experimental settings. Prof. Pariente’s work focuses on depression and fatigue, with a particular interest in the perinatal period and in subjects with medical disorders. Moreover, he uses experimental and cellular models.  

He has published more than 330 papers, and his current H-Index is 72. He is also the appointed Editor in Chief of the journal Brain Behaviour and Immunity, and a 2018 Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher. Prof. Pariente has received numerous awards for his research, most recently the 2017 NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Award, one of the most prestigious international research awards in psychiatry.