Crystal Schiller, PhD has been selected to serve as Director of the UNC Center for Women’s Mood Disorders. She was previously serving as Associate Director under Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody’s leadership.
Crystal Schiller, PhD, has been selected to serve as Director of the UNC Center for Women’s Mood Disorders. She was previously serving as Associate Director under Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody’s leadership.
Dr. Schiller is an associate professor of psychiatry and a licensed clinical psychologist with expertise in reproductive-related mood disorders. She is highly regarded as an outstanding researcher, clinician, and educator. Dr. Schiller has maintained a strong track record of NIH funding for many years. She directs the UNC School of Medicine Psychology Internship Program and serves as the Associate Director of the UNC T32 Postdoctoral Training Program in Reproductive Mood Disorders. Dr. Schiller has played a central role in the mentorship of undergraduate and graduate students, psychology interns, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty over the past 10 years, demonstrating her strong commitment to the mentorship and training of future clinician-scientists.
“Dr. Schiller is an outstanding clinician-scientist who is extremely well-poised to lead the UNC Center for Women’s Mood Disorders. I am delighted to see her assume this important leadership role,” shares Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody, former Director of UNC Women’s Mood Disorders and Executive Dean of the School of Medicine.
“I am honored to continue the Center’s strong tradition of delivering outstanding clinical care, scientific discovery, training the next generation of investigators and clinicians, and advocating for the health and well-being of women. I look forward to strengthening community engagement, increasing access to high-quality resources and healthcare, and innovating to improve the lives of women from puberty through menopause across North Carolina and around the world,” said Dr. Schiller.
Dr. Schiller’s research focuses on the neuroendocrinology of depression across the female reproductive lifespan and expanding access to high-quality, evidence-based psychotherapy. Dr. Schiller has won national awards for teaching and clinical services. She served as a clinical lead international clinicals trial examining the use non-specialist healthcare workers in delivering behavioral treatments for perinatal depression in North America and Sub-Saharan Africa.