Lisa Pan

Dr. Pan’s research focuses on investigating the neurobiology of suicide attempts and treatment-resistant depression in adolescents and young adults. She utilizes established methods in functional neuroimaging and metabolomics to better understand and characterize suicidal behavior. Her work includes collaborations with the Departments of Clinical and Translational Science, Statistics, Medical Genetics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Pediatrics.

Dr. Pan is board certified in Psychiatry and Neurology, with subspecialty certification in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She has more than a decade of experience working with teens and young adults at risk for suicide. She collaborates with a large team of researchers and secured independent research funding early in her career.

Among her many honors and awards, she was named a 2004 AACAP Presidential Scholar, received an American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Young Investigator Grant (2007-2010), an NIH K23 Mentored Patient-Oriented Career Development Award (2009-2014), and the 2012 NARSAD Young Investigator Award from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation.