Hader A Mansour, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Current Appointments

  • Medical Director, Addiction Medicine Services Inpatient Unit

Areas of Expertise

  • Mood Disorders
  • Anxiety, OCD & Trauma Disorders
  • Substance Use Disorders
  • Psychosis
Hader A Mansour, MD, PhD
Expertise & Interests Selected Publications Education & Credentials Related News

Expertise & Interests

Research Interests

Genetic epidemiology in schizophrenia and bipolar; Global mental health

Clinical Interests

Co-occurring psychiatric and substance disorders; Stigma and mental illness

Education Interests

Mentoring medical students, residents and fellows; Mentoring graduate students and postdoc fellows

Selected Publications

  1. Ravindranath V, Dang HM, Goya RG, Mansour H, Nimgaonkar VL, Russell VA, Xin Y. Regional research priorities in brain and nervous system disorders. Nature. 2015 Nov 19;527(7578):S198-206. doi: 10.1038/nature16036
  2. Hader Mansour, Kodavali Chowdari, Warda Fathi, Mai Elassy, Ibtihal Ibrahim, Joel Wood, Mikhil Bamne, Salwa Tobar, Amal Yassin, Hala Salah, Hanan Elsayed, Ahmed Eissa, Hala El-Boraie, Nahed E. Ibrahim, Mohamed Elsayed, Wafaa El-Bahaei, Zeinab Gomaa, Farha El-Chennawi, Vishwajit L. Nimgaonkar. Does telomere length mediate associations between inbreeding and increased risk for bipolar I disorder and schizophrenia? Psychiatry Res. 2011 Jun 30;188(1):129-32
  3. Hader A. Mansour, Michael E. Talkowski, Joel Wood, Kodavali V. Chowdari, Lora McClain, Konasale Prasad, Debra Montrose, Andrea Fagiolini, Edward S. Friedman, Michael H. Allen, Charles L. Bowden, Joseph Calabrese, Rif S El-Mallakh, Michael Escamilla Stephen V. Faraone, Mark D. Fossey, Laszlo Gyulai, Jennifer M. Loftis, Peter Hauser, Terence A. Ketter, Lauren B. Marangell, David J. Miklowitz, Andrew A. Nierenberg, Jayendra Patel, Gary S. Sachs, Pamela Sklar, Jordan W. Smoller, Nan Laird, Matcheri Keshavan, Michael E. Thase, David Axelson, Boris Birmaher, David Lewis, Tim Monk, Ellen Frank, David J. Kupfer, Vishwajit L. Nimgaonkar. Association study of twenty-one circadian genes with bipolar I disorder, schizoaffective disorder and schizophrenia. Bipolar Disord. 2009 Nov;11(7):701-10.
  4. Talkowski ME, Kirov G, Bamne M, Georgieva L, Torres G, Mansour H, Chowdari KV, Milanova V, Wood J, McClain L, Prasad K, Shirts B, Zhang J, O'Donovan MC, Owen MJ, Devlin B, Nimgaonkar VL. A network of dopaminergic gene variations implicated as risk factors for schizophrenia. Hum Mol Genet. 2008 Mar 1;17(5):747-58
  5. Hader A. Mansour, Michael E. Talkowski, Joel Wood, Lora Pless, Mikhil Bamne, Kodavali V. Chowdari, Michael Allen, Charles L. Bowden, Joseph Calabrese, Rif S El-Mallakh, Andrea Fagiolini, Stephen V. Faraone, Mark D. Fossey, Edward S. Friedman, Laszlo Gyulai, Peter Hauser, Terence A. Ketter, Jennifer M. Loftis, Lauren B. Marangell, David J. Miklowitz, Andrew A. Nierenberg, Jayendra Patel, Gary S. Sachs, Pamela Sklar, Jordan W. Smoller, Michael E. Thase, Ellen Frank, David J. Kupfer, Vishwajit L. Nimgaonkar. Serotonin Gene Polymorphisms and Bipolar I Disorder: Focus on the Serotonin Transporter. Annals of Medicine; 2005, 37 (8): 590-602
  6. Mansour HA, Wood J, Chowdari KV, Tumuluru D, Bamne M, Monk TH, Hall MH, Buysse DJ, Nimgaonkar VL. Associations between period 3 gene polymorphisms and sleep- /chronotype-related variables in patients with late-life insomnia. Chronobiol Int. 2017;34(5):624-631
  7. Sewilam AM, Watson AM, Kassem AM, Clifton S, McDonald MC, Lipski R, Deshpande S, Mansour H, Nimgaonkar VL. Suggested avenues to reduce the stigma of mental illness in the Middle East. Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2015 Mar;61(2):111-20
  8. Aboraya A, El-Missiry A, Barlowe J, John C, Ebrahimian A, Muvvala S, Brandish J, Mansour H, Zheng W, Chumber P, Berry J, Elswick D, Hill C, Swager L, Abo Elez W, Ashour H, Haikal A, Eissa A, Rabie M, El-Missiry M, El Sheikh M, Hassan D, Ragab S, Sabry M, Hendawy H, Abdel Rahman R, Radwan D, Sherif M, Abou El Asaad M, Khalil S, Hashim R, Border K, Menguito R, France C, Hu W, Shuttleworth O, Price E. The reliability of the Standard for Clinicians' Interview in Psychiatry (SCIP): A clinician-administered tool with categorical, dimensional and numeric output. Schizophr Res. 2014 Jul;156(2-3):174-83. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2014.04.025. Epub 2014 May 17
  9. Mansour H, Alda M, Nimgaonkar VL (2002). Pharmacogenetics of Bipolar Disorder. Current Psychiatry 4(2): 117-123
  10. Mansour H, Wood J, Logue T, Chowdari K V, Dayal M, Thase M, Kupfer D J, Monk T, Devlin B, Nimgaonkar V L. Circadian phase variation in Bipolar I Disorder (BD1). Chronobiology International; 2005, 22 (3): 571-584

Education & Credentials

Education & Training

Education
MD, Mansoura University, School of Medicine
Education
PhD, Psychiatry, Mansoura University, School of Medicine
Education
MS, Psychiatry and Neurology, Mansoura University, School of Medicine
Residency
Psychiatry and Neurology, Mansoura University, Egypt
Postdoctoral
Psychiatric Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Professional Affiliations

  • Member, American Psychiatric Association
  • Member, American Society of Human Genetics

Selected Honors & Awards

  • Clerkship Preceptor of the Year Award, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
  • Class 2021 Preceptor of the Year Award in Behavioral Health, University of Pittsburgh Department of Physician Assistant Studies
  • Outstanding Medical Student Education Award, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
  • Richard L. Simmons, MD Speak Up for Safety Award, UPMC
  • Exemplary Teaching Service Award, Western Psychiatric Hospital of UPMC
  • Award for Commitment and Excellence in Service, UPMC

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