Adriana Feder MD

Dr. Feder is a Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Research at the World Trade Center Mental Health Program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She is also an investigator at the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program (MAP). Her research spans clinical, epidemiological, and translational studies of resilience and posttraumatic stress in a range of trauma-exposed populations, including World Trade Center (WTC) rescue and recovery workers, earthquake survivors, and survivors of interpersonal violence. Dr. Feder has been the Principal Investigator (PI) of CDC/NIOSH-funded studies on the longitudinal course and biomarkers of PTSD and resilience in WTC responders and has been awarded a NARSAD Independent Investigator Award from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation to conduct a randomized controlled trial of repeated ketamine administration for PTSD.