David C. Henderson, M.D.

2007 Solomon Carter Fuller Award Recipient

Lecture Title: From Psychopharmacology to Ethnopsychopharmacology and Back to Psychopharmacology

Dr. Henderson earned his undergraduate degree from Tufts University in Massachusetts and his M.D. from the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Following an internship at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Boston, he completed his residency at Massachusetts General Hospital. He also served as Chief Resident and Research Fellow at the Freedom Trail Clinic, Erich Lindemann Mental Health Center, in Boston.

Dr. Henderson's research interests primarily focus on psychopharmacological and antipsychotic agents for treating schizophrenia, as well as their effects on metabolic anomalies and glucose metabolism. He also investigates the ethnic and cultural influences on psychiatry. Additionally, he studies the impact of trauma in areas affected by mass violence and develops programs to assist vulnerable populations, with projects spanning Rwanda, Cambodia, East Timor, Bosnia, Peru, New Orleans, and New York City.

Currently, Dr. Henderson holds the position of Chair of Psychiatry at the Boston University School of Medicine and serves as Chief of Psychiatry at Boston Medical Center. He is also the co-director of the Global Division's T32 Fellowship and holds an Associate Professorship of Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Henderson is a sought-after lecturer both nationally and internationally on topics such as schizophrenia, treatment-resistant schizophrenia, metabolic disorders, psychopharmacology, ethnopsychopharmacology, trauma, and cultural psychiatry. His work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, including the Archives of General Psychiatry, the American Journal of Psychiatry, and Biological Psychiatry. Dr. Henderson is honored as a Distinguished Life Member of the APA and received the Solomon Carter Fuller Award in 2007.