Prof. Dr. Carmine Pariante

Research focus

Depression treatment and pathophysiology
Perinatal and maternal mental health
Stress, inflammation and mental disorders
Biomarkers and personalized psychiatry
Cellular models of depression

Curriculum Vitae

	Pariante, Carmine Maria, MD, FRCPsych, PhD
Official position	Professor in Biological Psychiatry and Head of Section
Institution	Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King’s College London
Business address	G.32.01, The Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute, Cutcombe Road, London, SE5 9RT, United Kingdom

Academic education and degrees

1990	MD in Medicine and Surgery, Cum Laude Gemelli University School of Medicine, Rome, Italy
1994	Specialist in Psychiatry, Cum Laude, University of Cagliari, Italy
1999	MRCPsych, Royal College of Psychiatry, London; Section 12 approval
2003	PhD, University of London
2004	Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training in General Adult Psychiatry Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training in General Adult Psychiatry Endorsement in Liaison Psychiatry, London Deanery, UK Endorsement in Liaison Psychiatry, London Deanery, UK
2013	FRCPsych, Royal College of Psychiatry, London FRCPsych, Royal College of Psychiatry, London

Professional career

1991-1994	Trainee in Psychiatry, University of Cagliari, Italy
1995-1997	Research Fellow in Biological Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
1997-1999	Senior House Officer in Psychiatry, Maudsley Hospital, London
1999-2002	Medical Research Council Clinical Training Fellow, Institute of Psychiatry, London
2002-2004	Clinical Lecturer, Institute of Psychiatry, London
2004-2007	Senior Clinical Lecturer, Institute of Psychiatry, London
2004-2009	Medical Research Council Clinician Scientist, Institute of Psychiatry, London
2007-2012	Reader in Biological Psychiatry and Head of Section, Institute of Psychiatry, London
Current	Professor in Biological Psychiatry and Head of Section, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King’s College London (from 1^st April 2012)
Current	NIHR Senior Investigator (from 1^st of April 2017)
Current	Consultant in the Perinatal Psychiatry Liaison Services, King’s College Hospital & South London and Maudsley NHS Trust (from 1^st of August 2008)

Honors, awards and positions

2002	British Association for Psychopharmacology & Vernalis Annual Prize
2003, 2005	NARSAD Young Investigator Award
2003	International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology “Curt Richter Award”
2007	Young Minds in Psychiatry Award by the American Psychiatric Institute
2009	British Association for Psychopharmacology Senior Psychopharmacology Award
2012	Academic Psychiatrist of the Year by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK
2013	British Association for Psychopharmacology Public Communication Award
2015	Anna-Monika Foundation Prize
2016	Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society ‘Norman Cousins Award’
2017	Parent Infant (PIP UK) Award for Outstanding Contribution to Infant Mental Health
2017	NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Award
2017-2025	NIHR Senior Investigator
2018	Art of Neuroscience Award, Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences (The Netherlands)
2018-2028	Editor in Chief Brain, Behavior & Immunity
2018, 2019	Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers
2019-present	Anna-Monika Foundation Prize Committee of Judges
2020-2023	President, International Society for Psychoneuroendocrinology (ISPNE)
2020	Strategic Advisory Board, Wellcome Trust Mental Health Programme

Current journal editorial positions

2018-2028	Editor in Chief Brain, Behavior & Immunity
Editorial board	Molecular Psychiatry, Translational Psychiatry, Psychoneuroendocrinology, Biological Psychiatry

10 most important peer-reviewed papers

(10 out of: 372, SCOPUS h-index: 78)

Borsini A, Di Benedetto MG, Giacobbe J, Pariante CM. Pro- and anti-inflammatory properties of interleukin (IL6) in vitro: relevance for major depression and for human hippocampal neurogenesis [published online ahead of print, 2020 Jul 29]. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol. 2020;pyaa055.

Nettis MA, Veronese M, Nikkheslat N, Mariani N, Lombardo G … Pariante CM. PET imaging shows no changes in TSPO brain density after IFN-α immune challenge in healthy human volunteers. Transl Psychiatry. 2020;10(1):89.

Sawyer KM, Zunszain PA, Dazzan P, Pariante CM. Intergenerational transmission of depression: clinical observations and molecular mechanisms. Mol Psychiatry. 2019;24(8):1157-1177.

Otte C, Gold SM, Penninx BW, Pariante CM, Etkin A et al. Major depressive disorder. Nat Rev Dis Primers. 2016;2:16065.

Cattaneo A, Cattane N, Malpighi C, Czamara D, Suarez A … Pariante CM. FoxO1, A2M, and TGF-β1: three novel genes predicting depression in gene X environment interactions are identified using cross-species and cross-tissues transcriptomic and miRNomic analyses. Mol Psychiatry. 2018;23(11):2192-2208.

Chamberlain SR, Cavanagh J, de Boer P, Mondelli V, Jones DN … Pariante CM et al. Treatment-resistant depression and peripheral C-reactive protein. Br J Psychiatry. 2019;214(1):11-19.

Osborne S, Biaggi A, Chua TE, Du Preez A, Hazelgrove K … Pariante CM. Antenatal depression programs cortisol stress reactivity in offspring through increased maternal inflammation and cortisol in pregnancy: The Psychiatry Research and Motherhood - Depression (PRAM-D) Study. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2018;98:211-221.

Russell A, Hepgul N, Nikkheslat N, Borsini A, Zajkowska Z … Pariante CM. Persistent fatigue induced by interferon-alpha: a novel, inflammation-based, proxy model of chronic fatigue syndrome. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2019;100:276-285.

Cattaneo A, Ferrari C, Turner L, Mariani N, Enache D … Pariante CM. Whole-blood expression of inflammasome- and glucocorticoid-related mRNAs correctly separates treatment-resistant depressed patients from drug-free and responsive patients in the BIODEP study. Transl Psychiatry. 2020;10(1):232.

Pariante CM. Why are depressed patients inflamed? A reflection on 20 years of research on depression, glucocorticoid resistance and inflammation. Eur Neuropsychopharm. 2017;27(6),554-559.