Jennifer Payne

MD

Dr. Payne received her B.S. in biology from Davidson College and her M.D. from Washington University Medical School. She completed her residency in psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and then completed a fellowship in mood disorders through the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program at the NIMH. Dr. Payne joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2003 and is the founder and Director of the Women’s Mood Disorders Center. In addition to providing outstanding clinical care for women with mood disorders, she conducts research into the genetic, biological, and environmental factors involved in postpartum depression. She and her colleagues have recently identified two epigenetic biomarkers of postpartum depression and are working hard to replicate this work with NIH funding. Most recently she was appointed to the American Psychiatric Association’s Committee on Women’s Mental Health and is serving as President Elect for both the Marcé of North America (MONA) and the International Marcé Perinatal Mental Health Societies.