Dilip Jeste, MDEnriched profile
Editor-in-Chief, International Psychogeriatrics; retired Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Neurosciences (former Senior Associate Dean for Healthy Aging and Senior Care), UC San Diego, retired from UCSD July 1, 2022 · University of California San Diego
Overview
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Dilip Jeste, MD, is Editor-in-Chief, International Psychogeriatrics at University of California San Diego, Department of Psychiatry (Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Neurosciences; retired from active UCSD faculty/administrative roles July 1, 2022, after 36 years). The public record shows 1,055 publications with 62,474 citations (h-index 120), centered on Schizophrenia. It also documents an investigator role on 5 registered clinical trials, 18 NIH-funded awards (1988–2021).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Military medicine
- Top research focus: Schizophrenia
- 5 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
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Clinical & industrytrials, payments and federal funding
Public positionssourced statements on record
- Past President
American Psychiatric Association (2012–2013), first Asian-American to hold the position
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Clinical trials
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Listed as an investigator on 5 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Multi-component Intervention for Diabetes in Adults With Serious Mental Illness
Sponsor: University of California, San Diego
InvestigatorUnknownNCT03627377 - Senior Change Makers Study: Improving Physical Activity Environments
Sponsor: University of California, San Diego
InvestigatorCompletedNCT02944838 - Comparison of Video Consent Versus Routine Consent for Participation in Research Studies
Sponsor: University of California, San Diego
InvestigatorCompletedNCT00430391
Industry payments
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NIH funding
Updated 14 Jul 2026
18 NIH research awards on record, funded 1988–2021 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- U C San Diego Medical Student Summer Aging Research Training
University of California, San Diego
FY2021$121,646T35AG026757 - Multi-component Intervention for Diabetes in Adults with Serious Mental Illness (MIDAS)
University of California, San Diego
FY2020$780,286R01MH115127
Publications
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Contact
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Background & recognition
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- Board Certified
Psychiatry
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Editorial & leadership rolesjournal and society appointments
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- Editor-in-Chief
International Psychogeriatrics
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World Federation for Psychotherapy
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Secondary affiliationsappointments beyond the home institution
- Former Director
Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging, UC San Diego
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IBM-UCSD Artificial Intelligence Center for Healthy Living
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Geriatric Psychiatry Division, UC San Diego Health System and VA San Diego Healthcare System
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- Ten Percent Happier podcast
episode #379: "How to Get the Wisdom of Old Age Now"
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- Doximity
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