Emeran A. Mayer, MD

Dr. Mayer has a longstanding interest in clinical and neurobiology aspects of brain-gut interactions in health and disease. He has published more than 110 original articles, numerous review articles and chapters, co-edited two books and organized several interdisciplinary symposia in this area. Dr. Mayer has made seminal contributions to the characterization of physiologic alterations in patients with functional disorders, in particular in the area of visceral pain, stress-induced visceral hyperalgesia and altered brain responses. He has two active R01 grants, one on basic mechanisms of NMDA receptors in visceral nociception, the other on brain and perceptual responses to visceral stimulation. He is P.I. on a subcontract of another RO1 grant on the role of proteinase-activated receptors in neuronal activation, and co-investigator on a RO1 grant (P.I. Lin Chang) dealing with neuroendocrine alteration in IBS and fibromyalgia. Dr. Mayer has served on the editorial boards of the leading journals in digestive diseases, including Gastroenterology, Gut, Digestion and the American Journal of Physiology. He has served as reviewer for a wide range of medical and neuroscience journals and as ad hoc reviewer for national and international funding agencies. He has also served on ad hoc NIH study sections.