Dr. Katherine E. Burdick is an Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She is the Director of the Mood and Psychosis Research Program and the Associate Vice Chair for Research in Psychiatry at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA.

Dr. Burdick obtained her Ph.D. in Clinical Neuropsychology from the City University of New York-The Graduate Center and completed her clinical internship and her postdoctoral fellowship at Yale University School of Medicine. She is a licensed clinical psychologist in the state of NY.

Dr. Burdick has a strong track record of both federal and foundation funding, with a primary research focus on identifying persistent cognitive deficits in major psychiatric disorders, understanding their etiologies, and directly targeting them with treatment. She has collaborated on a wide range of projects including neuroimaging, genetics, and treatment trials in patients with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and major depression. Dr. Burdick has authored more than 140 peer-reviewed publications in this area and through her own research and broad contributions to committees and advisory boards, she is considered an international leader in bipolar disorder research.