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Shawn McClintock, PhD

Scientific Director, Perot Foundation Neuroscience Translational Research Center
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Dr. Shawn M. McClintock is a Clinical Neuropsychologist and Scientific Director of the Perot Foundation Neuroscience Translational Research Center in the Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He is a Professor with Tenure and holds the Lydia Bryant Test Distinguished Professorship in Psychiatric Research in the Division of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry at UT Southwestern. Dr. McClintock received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology (2006) from UT Southwestern Medical Center. He completed postdoctoral training in clinical neuropsychology and mood disorders research as a National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) T32 Postdoctoral Fellow at UT Southwestern Medical Center, and he completed postdoctoral training in brain stimulation and therapeutic modulation at Columbia University / New York State Psychiatric Institute. Subsequently, he was appointed a National Institutes of Health (NIH) KL2 Clinical Scholar and received his M.S. in Clinical Sciences (2011) from UT Southwestern Medical Center. He is a globally recognized expert in the neurocognitive effects of major depressive disorder and neuromodulation therapeutics. He has received grant funding from the National Institutes of Health and the Brain and Behavior Foundation. He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of ECT. Dr. McClintock has published over 150 peer-reviewed articles and co-edited the book Neuropsychology of Depression.