A nationally renowned psychiatrist and authority in mental health, Jeffrey A. Lieberman, M.D. is the Lawrence C. Kolb Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Director of the New York State Psychiatric Institute, and Psychiatrist-in-Chief of the New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia University Medical Center. Dr. Lieberman’s research has focused on the neurobiology and treatment of schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders and led to the transformative mental healthcare strategy for the early detection and prevention of schizophrenia. 

With a career dedicated to the study and treatment of mental illness, his talks break down the barrier and stigma of mental health and explore its importance on today’s business and society. A passionate advocate for mental health research and policy, Dr. Lieberman also highlights how events like the COVID-19 pandemic will impact our lives at global scale – providing audiences with strategies to cope and plan for what’s next. Sharing mechanisms to reset, reframe, and reimagine the future, audiences will leave his talks prepared to lead themselves, their organization, and their industry into a healthy future.

Former president of the American Psychiatric Association, Dr. Lieberman has authored or co-authored over 600 articles published in scientific literature and has written or edited 17 books on mental illness, psychopharmacology, and psychiatry. He is the recipient of many national and international honors and awards, and in 2000 was elected to the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine and National Academy of Medicine.

Dr. Lieberman's work has extended beyond biomedical research and clinical psychiatry into public policy and advocacy for enhancing awareness of mental illness and improving mental health care, as well as diminishing stigma. In this context, Dr. Lieberman actively contributed to government policy and legislation including the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act. A frequent public spokesperson in the media on mental illness and psychiatry, he is the author of the critically-acclaimed book Shrinks: the Untold Story of Psychiatry for general audiences and has delivered a TED Talk on Stigma and Mental Illness.

A four-part series, tentatively titled In Search of Madness: The Untold Story of Mental Illness, based on his book, Shrinks, is currently in production and scheduled for prime-time national broadcast on PBS in April 2021. His new book, A Once Malignant Malady: How schizophrenia went from a sentence of madness to a preventable illness will be published by Scribner’s of Simon and Shuster in September of 2021.

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