Diego Pizzagalli Receives Prestigious CINP AsCNP 2025 Brain Health Clinical Research Award

April 9, 2025

Diego Pizzagalli, PhD, founding director of the Noel Drury, M.D. Institute for Translational Depression Discoveries at UC Irvine, has been selected as the recipient of the 2025 CINP AsCNP Brain…

Dean’s Distinguished Lecture featuring Diego Pizzagalli

April 4, 2025

In his talk, “Using Neuroscience to Transform Our Understanding of Depression,” Dr. Pizzagalli highlights how recent advances in brain research are helping us identify risk factors, improve treatments, and develop…

Demystifying depression

March 13, 2025

Sunny weather and great access to hiking trails weren’t the only factors luring Diego Pizzagalli to UC Irvine this year after more than two decades at Harvard University – but…

Diego A. Pizzagalli named founding director of depression research institute

November 16, 2023

Irvine, Calif., Nov. 16, 2023—Diego A. Pizzagalli, Ph.D. – a leading researcher into the causes, manifestation and treatment of mood disorders, particularly major depression – has been named the founding…

Taking on depression

February 24, 2022

UCI researchers and clinicians will have an unparalleled opportunity to make transformational advances in the study and treatment of depression, thanks to a $55 million gift from the estate of…