James Herman, Ph.D.
Professor
Associate Director for University of Cincinnati Gardner Neuroscience Inst.
Department Chair & Flor van Maanen Endowed Chair Pharmacology & Systems Physiology
College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati
Dr. Herman earned his B.S. in Chemistry/Psychology at Hobart College and his Ph.D. from the University of Rochester (Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy). His postdoctoral work was performed at the Mental Health Research Institute ( University of Michigan). He began his academic career in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology at the University of Kentucky, where he was an Associate Professor and the James and Barbara Holsinger Chair of Anatomy and Neurobiology. Dr. Herman joined the University of Cincinnati faculty in 2000 and is currently the Flor van Maanen Chair and Professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Systems Physiology. He also riects the University of Cincinnati Neurobiology Research Center and serves as Associate Director of the University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute. He was the recipient of the 2016 Distinguished Research Professor award (STEMM) from the University of Cincinnati, and was awarded a Lifetime Achievement award from the International Society for Psychoneuroendocrinology. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of Stress, an international journal that publishes basic and clinical studies focused on biological aspects of stress. He has also served on several editorial boards, advisory boards and national and international grant review panels. Dr. Herman’s major research interests include structural, functional and molecular biological principles underlying brain stress integration, with an emphasis on delineating mechanisms linking stress with mental illness, neurological disorders and metabolic disease. He has made major contributions to our understanding of the role of limbic neurocircuitry in stress adaptation and stress-related pathologies, and has applied to state-of-the-art approaches to delineate molecular mechanisms underlying stress hormone signaling in the brain.