J. John Mann is The Paul Janssen Professor of Translational Neuroscience (in Psychiatry and in Radiology) at Columbia University and Director, Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology Division at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. He is a Past President of the Society of Biological Psychiatry and the International Academy of Suicide Research.

Dr. Mann was trained in Psychiatry and Internal Medicine and has a Doctorate in Neurochemistry. His research employs functional brain imaging, neurochemistry and molecular genetics to probe the causes of depression and suicide. Dr. Mann has published over 900 peer-reviewed papers and edited 11 books.

Dr. Mann has received the Colvin Prize from the Brain Behavior Research Foundation, American Suicide Prevention Foundation Research Award, the American Association of Suicidology Louis I. Dublin Award, the New York State Office of Mental Health Research Award, the Klerman Senior Investigator Award from the National Depressive and Manic Depressive Association, the Stengel Award from the International Association for Suicide Prevention, the Morselli Medal from the International Academy of Suicide Research, The Julius Axelrod Mentorship Award from the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology and the Mood Disorders Research Award from the American College of Psychiatrists.