Prof. Dan J. Stein

Dan J.  Stein is Professor and Chair of the Dept of Psychiatry at the University of Cape Town, and Director of the South African Medical Research Council’s Unit on Risk & Resilience in Mental Disorders.  Dan’s training includes doctoral degrees in clinical neuroscience and in philosophy, and a post-doctoral fellowship in psychopharmacology.  He is a clinician-scientist whose work has long focused on anxiety and related disorders, including obsessive-compulsive spectrum conditions and posttraumatic stress disorder.   He has also mentored a range of other research, with publications spanning basic neuroscience, through clinical research, and on to public mental health.  His research has had considerable influence (as evidenced by a Google h-index > 200, one of the highest of any African scholar), as has his mentorship (as evidenced by the career success of his postgraduate students and fellows).  Awards for his work include the Collegium Internationale Neuropsychopharmacologicum’s Max Hamilton Award for his contributions to psychopharmacology, and its Ethics in Psychopharmacology Award.