Andrew H. Miller, MD, Emory University Winship Cancer Institute

Dr. Andrew Miller is William P. Timmie Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Director of Psychiatric Oncology at the Winship Cancer Institute. Dr. Miller attended medical school at the Medical College of Georgia and did a residency in psychiatry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. As a junior faculty member, Dr. Miller trained with Dr. Marvin Stein at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Dr. Bruce McEwen at Rockefeller University. Dr. Miller’s work focuses on the impact of the activated innate immune system on behavior and health. He is also interested in the role of glucocorticoid hormones in the regulation of inflammatory responses. Dr. Miller has published over 120 manuscripts in scholarly journals and has edited a book entitled “Depressive Disorders and Immunity”. Dr. Miller currently has several studies funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and pharmaceutical companies to examine the mechanism and treatment of cytokine-induced depression as represented by the cytokine, interferon alpha, which is used for the treatment of infectious diseases and cancer. His interferon alpha studies provide a model to understand and treat depression, fatigue and cognitive dysfunction in medically ill patients. Aside from his research endeavors, Dr. Miller is a Board Certified Psychiatrist and an examiner for the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He is also the recipient of 3 teaching awards, a NARSAD Independent Investigator Award and an NIMH Research Scientist Development Award, which he has held for the past 20 years.

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