Brian Miller

Brian Miller is a tenured Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior at the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University. His work integrates clinical psychiatry with research on schizophrenia, psychosis, and psychoneuroimmunology.

Education:

• MD, Medicine, Ohio State University, 2005
• MPH, Public Health, Ohio State University, 2005
• BS, Mathematics, Vanderbilt University, 2000

His research interests include schizophrenia, psychosis, psychoneuroimmunology, insomnia, suicide, antipsychotics, and epidemiology. He supervises medical students and residents in clinical psychiatry and teaches courses in psychotic disorders.

His recent publications focus on diagnostic stability in schizophrenia, clozapine for catatonia, caffeine use in severe mental illness, metabolic predictors of depression, and infection-related psychosis. These works reflect a strong trend in clinical, metabolic, and immunological aspects of psychotic disorders.

Scientific Awards:

• Didactic Teacher of the Year, Department of Psychiatry, Augusta University (2022)
• Exemplary Teaching Award, Medical College of Georgia (2021)
• Didactic Teacher of the Year (2020)
• Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association (2020)
• Exemplary Teaching Award (2020)

Brian Miller is actively involved in academic service, including serving on the Promotion & Tenure Committee since 2022. He is a peer reviewer for major journals such as the American Journal of Psychiatry, Biological Psychiatry, BMC Psychiatry, and Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. He also participates in the NIMH Loan Repayment Program as an ad hoc reviewer since 2016. While no formal grants are listed, his sustained research and review roles suggest ongoing scholarly engagement.

He is affiliated with clinical and research teams focused on severe mental illness, particularly schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders, and contributes to advancing both treatment and diagnostic understanding in this field.