Jay Fournier

Jay Fournier, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at The Ohio State University. He serves as Director of the Mood and Anxiety Program and the Division of Cognition and Emotion. His research focuses on identifying patient-specific characteristics influencing treatment efficacy for mood and anxiety disorders, integrating clinical interventions with neuroscience and personality studies to develop individualized therapies.

Education: BA in Psychology and Philosophy from Brandeis University; MA and PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. Completed internship at Western Psychiatric Institute and postdoctoral training at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

Research interests include functional neuroanatomy of depression/anxiety, treatment response predictors, and emotion regulation mechanisms. He bridges clinical practice with neuroimaging (e.g., fMRI) to understand neural correlates of mood disorders.

Notable contributions include landmark studies on antidepressant efficacy heterogeneity and neuroimaging biomarkers for treatment response. His work emphasizes translating basic neuroscience findings into personalized clinical strategies.

• Professional Memberships: Society of Biological Psychiatry, Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, APA Division 12
• Awards: Fulbright Fellowship (2002), Multiple Travel Awards (2006–2017), Dean’s Scholar (2008)

Current research aims to refine treatment strategies through neuroimaging and personality assessments, with a focus on unipolar/bipolar depression differentiation and neuroticism’s role in neural function.