Daniel Mamah, MD, MPE

Dr. Mamah is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Washington University in St. Louis and Director of the Washington Early Recognition Center (WERC) at Washington University. Dr. Mamah completed his psychiatry residency and Masters of Psychiatric Epidemiology (MPE) att Washington University, and medical school at the Semmlweis University of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary. He has served as the principal investigator on several NIH and privately funded studies, including the "Biobehavioral Research Award for Innovative New Scientists (BRAINS)" from the NIMH. Dr. Mamah’s neuroimaging studies involve utilizing multi-modal imaging modalities to investigate individuals with schizophrenia spectrum disorders and bipolar disorder and siblings at risk for developing schizophrenia. His studies in Kenya and Rwanda are the only research effort in Africa involving adolescents and young adults at clinical-high risk (CHR) for developing psychotic disorders. Dr. Mamah is the founding President of the Missouri Psychiatric Association, and was on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition (DSM-5) Task Force. In 2020, he became the founding director of WERC, the only early-psychosis clinic in Missouri. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.