Jorge Almeida, M.D., Ph.D.

Jorge Almeida, M.D., Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Dell Medical School and director of the Bipolar Disorder Center at UT Health Austin.

Almeida completed his medical degree, psychiatric training and a doctorate focusing on neuroimaging in São Paulo, Brazil. In 2005, he joined the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic at the University of Pittsburgh, where he initiated a productive neuroimaging research career. In 2013, he joined Brown University, where he completed psychiatric residency training. In 2017, Almeida joined the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Dell Medical School.

Almeida’s neuroimaging research focuses on the use of functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) to investigate biomarkers of mood disorders, especially bipolar disorder, using standard neuroimaging data analysis along with effective connectivity and pattern recognition analysis. He also works at the Bipolar Disorder Center, a specialized, coordinated and competitive out-patient-centered care team that is evidence-based and outcome-driven to achieve higher levels of health care value at the lowest cost.

Professional Affiliations

• Society of Biological Psychiatry
  Scientific Program Planning Committee, 2015-Present
• American Psychiatric Association
  Member, 2013-Present
• Society of Biological Psychiatry
  Member, 2011-Present
• Society of Biological Psychiatry
  Co-Chair, Membership Committee, 2015-2017
• Rhode Island Psychiatric Society
  Member, 2013-2017

Awards & Honors

Travel Award
Society of Biological Psychiatry, 2009

Research Colloquium
American Psychiatric Association, 2016

Travel Award
American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 2016

Travel Award
American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2015

Pilot Research Award for General Psychiatry Residents
American Association of Child and Adolescence Psychiatry, 2014