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UC Irvine's Cameron Carter Elected to National Academy of Medicine

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Cameron Carter, a Distinguished Professor and chair of the Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, one of the nation's highest honors in the fields of health and medicine. Carter's pioneering work in cognitive neuroscience and psychiatry has furthered scientific understanding of the brain mechanisms underlying serious mental illnesses and informed the development of new treatments.

Key Takeaways:

  • Dr. Carter was elected to the National Academy of Medicine for his outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service in the fields of cognitive neuroscience and psychiatry.
  • He is internationally renowned for his research bridging basic cognitive and clinical neuroscience, leading to paradigm shifts in mental health research and helping to improve diagnostic and therapeutic strategies.
  • Carter has published over 380 peer-reviewed papers, with over 97,000 citations, and his leadership has influenced the direction of modern psychiatric science.
  • He is a pioneer in the use of neuroimaging to examine brain circuitry disruptions, having conducted some of the first event-related functional MRI studies in the 1990s.
  • His research has yielded major insights into schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and autism.
  • Carter is a founding editor of Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, a prominent journal in the field of psychiatric research.
  • He has received numerous honors, including the George N. Thompson Award from the Society of Biological Psychiatry and the Patricia Goldman-Rakic Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Cognitive Neuroscience.

Statistics:

  • 7 faculty members at UC Irvine are members of the National Academy of Medicine, affirming the university's national prominence in health and medical sciences.
  • Carter has published over 380 peer-reviewed papers, with over 97,000 citations.
  • He has received over $100 million in research funding during his career.
  • UC Irvine has a 5% acceptance rate among its medical school admissions.

Sources:

  • University of California, Irvine. (2025, October 20). UC Irvine's Cameron Carter is elected to National Academy of Medicine. Retrieved from https://news.uci.edu/2025/10/20/uc-irvines-cameron-carter-is-elected-to-national-academy-of-medicine/
  • National Academy of Medicine. (n.d.). Our Members. Retrieved from https://nam.edu/member-honors/
  • Carter, C. S. (n.d.). About Cameron S. Carter. Retrieved from https://www.psy.uci.edu/faculty/Carter.html

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