Mark Hyman Rapaport, M.D., is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University and serves as Chairman of the Board of Stop Stigma Together. He previously served as the founding CEO of the Huntsman Mental Health Institute at the University of Utah and as Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine. Prior to that, he was Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory University School of Medicine, Chief of Psychiatric Services for Emory Healthcare, and Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Emory Brain Health Center. Earlier in his career, Dr. Rapaport served as Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences at Cedars-Sinai Health System and as Professor of Psychiatry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

Dr. Rapaport has dedicated his professional life to advancing psychiatry through patient care, research, teaching, and community engagement. He has published over 200 peer-reviewed research papers and has maintained continuous peer-reviewed research funding since 1992. His work has focused on the interactions between the brain and the immune system, as well as clinical psychopharmacology and complementary medicine.

He founded the NCDEU New Investigators Program in 1992, now the ASCP New Investigators Program, and has served as its Co-Chair since its inception, mentoring generations of early-career researchers. In 2003, he co-founded the American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. (APPI) journal Focus and later served as its Editor-in-Chief through 2025, helping translate advances in psychiatric research into practical knowledge for clinicians.

Dr. Rapaport has been a national leader in efforts to reduce stigma in mental health. He founded and leads the “Stop Stigma Together” initiative, a broad coalition of organizations committed to eliminating the prejudice, shame, and inequities faced by individuals with mental illness. He has also partnered with the Ad Council on the “Love, Your Mind” campaign to promote mental health awareness and normalization.

Education

• BA Revelle College, UC San Diego (1973 - 1977)
• M.D. UC San Diego School of Medicine (1978 - 1982)
• Intern Internal Medicine, Long Beach VA/UCI (1982 - 1983)
• Resident Dept of Psychiatry, UC San Diego (1983 - 1985)
• Chief Resident Dept of Psychiatry, UC San Diego (1985 - 1986)
• Research Fellow Dept of Psychiatry, UC San Diego (1985 - 1986)
• Research Fellow Clinical Neuroscience Branch, NIMH (1986 - 1989)
• Guest Researcher. Clinical Neuroscience Branch, NIMH (1989 - 1990)

Awards and Honors

• Cum Laude, B.A., Revelle College, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA (1977)
• Judd Award for Research Excellence, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, CA (1986)
• Visiting Professor, Ludwig-Maximilans-University, Munich, Germany (1994)
• Visiting Professor, Dartmouth University, Hanover, NH (1995)
• Marquis Who’s Who (1996)
• Visiting Professor, State University of New York, BuHalo, NY (1997)
• Distinguished Speaker, Third International Experts Conference on Psychiatry and Immunology, Munich, Germany (1997)
• Visiting Professor, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (2000)
• Fellow, American Psychiatric Association (2000)
• Clinician of the Year, San Diego Psychiatric Society (2000)
• Teacher of the Year, Department of Psychiatry, UCSD School of Medicine, San Diego, CA (2001)
• Fellow, Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum (2003)
• Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association (2004)
• Polier Chair in Schizophrenia Research, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (2004)
• Visiting Professor, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai, China (2006)
• Lifetime Achievement Award, New Clinical Drug Evaluation Unit (2007)
• The Global Directory of Who’s Who (Top Doctors) (2010)
• Integrative Medicine Award, Prevention Magazine (2011)
• Best Doctors in America (2011)
• Reunette Harris hair in Psychiatry, Emory University (2011)
• Visiting Professor, Laureate Institute for Brain Research, Tulsa, OK (2017)
• Fellow, American College of Psychiatrists (2018)
• Distinguished Life Fellow, American Psychiatric Association (2018)
• William H. and Edna D. Stimpson Presidential Endowed Chair, University of Utah (2021)