Robert M.A. Hirschfeld, M.D.

Dr. Robert M.A. Hirschfeld, M.D., is the Chairman of Psychiatry and Behavioral sciences at the University of Texas Medical Branch. He is a winner of the prestigious Nola Maddox Falcone Award for his decades-long work in affective disorders research. The award is bestowed yearly by the National Alliance for Research in Schizophrenia and Depression.

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