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Brian J. Mickey

Brian J. Mickey, MD, PhD

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

  • Huntsman Mental Health Institute (formerly UNI)

    801-587-3297
  • Brian J. Mickey, MD, PhD, is Associate Professor of Psychiatry. He studied physics and biology at the University of Washington, Seattle, then completed his MD and PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. After psychiatry residency and postdoctoral fellowship at the Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience Institute, he joined the faculty at the University of Michigan. In 2015, he moved to the University of Utah, where he is a faculty member in Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, and Anesthesiology.

    Dr. Mickey is board-certified in Psychiatry. His clinical focus is treatment-resistant mood disorders. He is a provider of pharmacologic treatments and brain stimulation interventions, including electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy (TMS) in the Treatment Resistant Mood Disorders Clinic at the University's Huntsman Mental Health Institute. His research group is using brain imaging and genetics in human subjects to study neurobiological mechanisms that underlie individual differences in mood and motivation, and the causes of treatment resistance.

    Lab web site: https://medicine.utah.edu/psychiatry/research/labs/mickey-lab/

    Specialties

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Psychiatry - Primary
    Anesthesiology - Adjunct
    Academic Divisions Adult Psychiatry
  • Brian J. Mickey, MD, PhD, is Associate Professor of Psychiatry. He studied physics and biology at the University of Washington, Seattle, then completed his MD and PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. After psychiatry residency and postdoctoral fellowship at the Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience Institute, he joined the faculty at the University of Michigan. In 2015, he moved to the University of Utah, where he is a faculty member in Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, and Anesthesiology.

    Dr. Mickey is board-certified in Psychiatry. His clinical focus is treatment-resistant mood disorders. He is a provider of pharmacologic treatments and brain stimulation interventions, including electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy (TMS) in the Treatment Resistant Mood Disorders Clinic at the University's Huntsman Mental Health Institute. His research group is using brain imaging and genetics in human subjects to study neurobiological mechanisms that underlie individual differences in mood and motivation, and the causes of treatment resistance.

    Lab web site: https://medicine.utah.edu/psychiatry/research/labs/mickey-lab/

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Psychiatry -Primary
    Anesthesiology -Adjunct
    Academic Divisions Adult Psychiatry

    Research interests

    • Neurobiology
    • Mood Disorders
    • Biological Markers
    • Psychiatric Disease
    • Refractory Depression
    • Bipolar Disorder
    • Brain Stimulation Therapies

    Education history

    Research Fellow University of Michigan, Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience Institute Research Fellow
    Psychiatry - University of Michigan Health System Resident
    Professional Medical Medicine, Neuroscience - University of Michigan Medical School M.D., Ph.D.
    Physics, Biology, dual major - University of Washington B.S.