Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele, M.D.

Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele, MD, is the William and Joy Ruane Professor of Pediatric Psychopharmacology at Columbia University; Director of the Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC), New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI), and the NewYork-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital; and Co-Director of the NIMH R25 Shaffer Scholars Research Residency Program, the NIMH T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Translational Child Psychiatry Research, and the Whitaker ScholarsProgram in Developmental Neuropsychiatry at CUIMC/NYSPI. Dr. Veenstra-VanderWeele is a child and adolescent psychiatrist who uses molecular and translational neuroscience research tools in the pursuit of new treatments for autism spectrum disorder and pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder. His work has been recognized with multiple awards, including the 2022 for Contributions in Developmental Disabilities from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.