Susan G. Kornstein, M.D. is Professor of Psychiatry and Obstetrics and Gynecology at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), where she is Co-Founder and Executive Director of the VCU Institute for Women’s Health, designated a National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in 2003. She is also Co-Founder and Executive Director of the VCU Mood Disorders Institute, Director of Clinical Research for the Department of Psychiatry, and Medical Director of the VCU Clinical Trials Office. She is Past Chair of the VCU Division of Outpatient Psychiatry at VCU and a past member of the VCU Health System Board, a gubernatorial appointment. Dr. Kornstein is an internationally recognized researcher and thought leader with expertise in depression and women’s mental health. She has been a principal investigator on more than 70 research studies in the areas of depression, anxiety disorders, premenstrual syndrome, and sexual dysfunction. She edited the first comprehensive textbook on women’s mental health (Women’s Mental Health: A Comprehensive Textbook, Guilford Press), has authored more than 200 scientific journal articles, chapters, and abstracts, and has given many invited presentations at national and international meetings.