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Mark E. Kunik, M.D., M.P.H.

Mark

Chief, Behavioral Health Program, Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center

Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Menninger Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Department of Medicine, Health Services Research, Baylor College of Medicine

Professor, Department of Medicine, Health Services Research, Baylor College of Medicine

Director, South Central Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC)

Email: kunik.marke@va.gov

Phone: 713-794-8639

Phone: 713-791-1414 ext. 10330

Research Interests

  • Addressing determinants of behavioral disturbances in patients with dementia
  • Developing and implementing interventions to treat anxiety and depression in older patients outside the mental health setting

Education

  • M.D., Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
  • M.P.H., University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas
  • Residency, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
  • Geriatric Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Awards and Activities

  • 2020 VA Inaugural General Don Wagner Award for research that impacted the health and well-being of veterans and became self-sustaining
  • 2018 Texas Society for Psychiatric Excellence Award
  • VA HSR&D Daniel Deykin Award for Outstanding Mentor, 2015
  • Baylor College of Medicine Teaching Award in Geriatric Psychiatry, 2014
  • Texas Super Doctors, 2010-Present
  • South Central Mental Illness Research, Education & Clinical Center Excellence in Research Award, 2010

Dr. Kunik's PubMed Link *

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