Speaker: Carlos A. Zarate Jr. M.D. 

Title: Discovery research and development: emerging therapeutics in the pipeline for treatment-resistant depression 

Introduction: Carlos A. Zarate, M.D. is an NIH Distinguished Investigator and Chief of the Experimental Therapeutics and Pathophysiology Branch and of the Section on the Neurobiology and Treatment of Mood Disorders, Division of Intramural Research, NIMH, and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, George Washington University. He completed his residency training in psychiatry at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center/Brockton VAMC division. From 1998 to 2000, Dr. Zarate was Chief of the Bipolar and Psychotic Disorders Program at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. In 2001, he joined the Intramural Research Program at the NIMH, where his research focuses on the pathophysiology and development of novel therapeutics for treatment-resistant mood disorders and suicide as well as the study of biomarkers and neural correlates of treatment response. In 2020, he was elected to the National Academy of Medicine. 

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

1. assess the causes of treatment-resistant depression 

2. classify research on biomarkers of treatment response. 

3. interpret with research on treatment-resistant depression, particularly with ketamine and other novel therapeutics. 

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