Stephan Heckers, MDEnriched profile
William P. and Henry B. Test Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (stepping down as chair effective Oct. 1, 2026; successor Jonathan Posner, MD, named July 2026, Heckers will remain on faculty, holding the William P. and Henry B. Test Chair in Schizophrenia Research and the Donald and Charlotte Test Clinical Directorship in Psychosis Programs, continuing clinical practice, research, and leadership of the Vanderbilt Early Psychosis Program) · Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Overview
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Stephan Heckers, MD, is William P. and Henry B. Test Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (stepping down as chair effective Oct. 1, 2026 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The public record shows 377 publications with 22,177 citations (h-index 75), centered on Schizophrenia. It also documents an investigator role on 2 registered clinical trials, 3 NIH-funded awards (2005–2025).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Schizophrenia bulletin
- Top research focus: Schizophrenia
- 2 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
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Scholarshipindexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
View publications ↓Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 24 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index, productivity × impact (OpenAlex).
Clinical & industrytrials, payments and federal funding
Clinical trials
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Listed as an investigator on 2 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Pharmacological Modulation of Hippocampal Activity in Psychosis 2
Sponsor: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
InvestigatorPhase 2CompletedNCT04559529 - Psychiatric Genotype/Phenotype Project Repository
Sponsor: Vanderbilt University
InvestigatorEnrolling, by, invitationNCT00762866
Industry payments
No payments involving this person were reported to CMS in program years 2021–2024. Why? →
NIH funding
Updated 14 Jul 2026
3 NIH research awards on record, funded 2005–2025 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Imaging Hippocampal Function in Psychosis
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
FY2025$684,244R01MH070560 - Imaging Hippocampal Function in Psychosis
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
FY2024$836,479R01MH070560 - The General Factor of Psychopathology in Psychosis and Severe Mental Illness
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
FY2023$830,520R01MH118273
Publications
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Relational Memory in Psychosis: Learning Trajectories and Associative Inference.
Schizophrenia bulletin
2025 - Functional organization of the primary motor cortex in psychosis and the potential role of intereffector regions in psychomotor slowing.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2025 - Distress and Negative Subtypes of Schizophrenia: Identification, Characterization, and Neurostructural Profiles.
Schizophrenia bulletin open
2025
Contact
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Office address
1601 23rd Avenue South, Room 3060, Nashville, TN 37212
Background & recognition
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Educationdegrees and training on record
- M.D.
Universität Cologne (University of Cologne School of Medicine), Cologne, Germany
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Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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Editorial & leadership rolesjournal and society appointments
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- Director
Vanderbilt Early Psychosis Program
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Donald and Charlotte Test Clinical Directorship in Psychosis Programs
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Awards & honorshonors on the public record
- 2023 Outstanding Translational Research Award
Schizophrenia International Research Society (co-awarded with Anthony Grace)
2023verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →schizophreniaresearchsociety.org ↗ - 2018 Exemplary Psychiatrist Award
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), sole Tennessee recipient that year
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Secondary affiliationsappointments beyond the home institution
- Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
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Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
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Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
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Media & interviewspress, podcasts and appearances
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Online presence
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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- Doximity
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researchgate.net/profile/Stephan-Heckers
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linkedin.com/in/stephan-heckers-6559a491
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