Daniel DIckstein MD FAAP is a physician/scientist, uniquely trained and board-certified in the three fields of pediatrics, adult psychiatry, and child/adolescent psychiatry who is currently Chief of the Simches Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at McLean and Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Dickstein's research at McLean's Pediatric Mood, Imaging, & NeuroDevelopment Program (www.PEDIMIND.org) examines the brain/behavior mechanisms of our most common and impairing child and teen mental health problems, including suicide, self-injury, irritability, and bipolar disorder. Dr. Dickstein's research has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, NARSAD/Brain and Behavior Research Foundation, and the Hood Foundation.

Mentorship is an important part of Dr. Dickstein's career, as he has mentored more than 7 recipients of NIMH K/Career Development Awards, and multiple others to received other mentored awards including NIH Loan Repayment Program grants. Dr. Dickstein’s commitment to mentorship has been recognized by his receiving the NIMH Division of Intramural Research Program's Mentor of the Year Award.

Dr. Dickstein has won numerous awards for his work. He was the first physician to receive an NIMH BRAINS R01 (Bio-Behavioral Research Award for Innovative New Scientist) Award. Also, Dr. Dickstein has received the Richard J. Wyatt Memorial Fellowship Training Award for Outstanding Scientific Accomplishment from the National Institute of Mental Health Division of Intramural Research Programs and the Gerald R. Klerman, MD, Award for Outstanding Clinical Research Achievement from NARSAD.