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Carolyn M. Mazure is the Norma Weinberg Spungen and Joan Lebson Bildner Professor in Women’s Health Research, and Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology. She is a national pioneer and leader in studying the health of women and the sex and gender differences that affect health outcomes. Dr. Mazure’s work has influenced science, clinical care, and policy. She created and directs Yale’s interdisciplinary research center on the health of women and the interplay of sex, gender, and health— Women’s Health Research at Yale.

After three years at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and fellowship training at Yale, Dr. Mazure was invited to join the Yale faculty — becoming an active clinician, a researcher funded by the NIH, and Director of Psychiatry’s Adult Inpatient Program at Yale New Haven Hospital.

Her contributions in women’s health began with her own internationally recognized research in depression. Focusing on the gender differences in this disorder, she was the first to demonstrate how stress is a more potent pathway to depression in women than men and use these findings to inform treatment interventions. Her current research targets behavioral and neurobiological factors that contribute to sex and gender differences in health outcomes. These efforts are designed to provide gender-based strategies for treatment and prevention.

Understanding the value of uncovering sex-and-gender differences in depression, combined with recognizing that such data are sorely lacking in other fields, she created Women’s Health Research at Yale. Since its inception in 1998, the center has been honored as a national model for launching research on the influence of sex and gender on human health, translating findings into practice, providing mentored training, and asserting a national voice on the importance of studying women. Currently, the center is expanding to include a focus on health policy and the value of public-private partnerships to advance the health and economic opportunities of women.

Dr. Mazure has served on multiple NIH and international grant review committees and as a member of the Advisory Committee for the NIH Office for Research on Women’s Health. She has provided testimony to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives on the importance of research on the health of women. She has served on the planning committee for the First White House Conference on Mental Health and was a fellow for the U.S. Congress’ Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Her scientific, educational, and administrative leadership roles include Associate Dean for Faculty at Yale School of Medicine from 2002 to 2014, Scientific Director of NIH-funded SCOR(E) interdisciplinary research grants, Principal Investigator of NIH-funded junior faculty training grants, consultant to the Yale Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science, and a member of the Advisory Board of the Yale Center for Biomedical Innovation and Technology, an interdisciplinary initiative to foster medical technology advances.

She has been an invited speaker at diverse venues, such as NASA, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Sorbonne and has been a featured expert on ABC’s “Prime Time Live” and in the BBC documentary “The Science of Stress.” Her edited books include “Does Stress Cause Psychiatric Illness?” and “Understanding Depression in Women: Applying Empirical Research to Practice and Policy.”

Her national honors include the Marion Spencer Fay Award from the Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership, the American Psychological Association Distinguished Leadership Award from the Committee on Women in Psychology, the Elizabeth Blackwell Award from the National Organization for Women, a U.S. Public Health Fellowship, and Yale’s Stephen Fleck Clinician and Teacher Award, and the Sidney J. Blatt Award for excellence in clinical care, teaching, and research.

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