Mark Rapaport, M.D., is a nationally recognized leader in psychiatry and has been selected as the American Psychiatric Association next president-elect. He serves as the Founding CEO, Emeritus, of the Huntsman Mental Health Institute at the University of Utah and holds the William H. and Edna D. Stimson Presidential Endowed Chair. Dr. Rapaport is also a professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah.
Dr. Rapaport has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed publications and has maintained continuous research funding since 1992. His scholarly work has focused on the interplay between the brain and the immune system, as well as clinical psychopharmacology and complementary medicine. A dedicated mentor, he has guided hundreds of early-career investigators through the New Investigator Program, which he founded for what is now the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology (ASCP) annual meeting.
In addition to his research and leadership roles, Dr. Rapaport co-founded the American Psychiatric Association Journal Focus with Deborah J. Hales, M.D., and currently serves as its Editor-in-Chief. The journal is designed to help clinicians stay current with advances in psychiatry and was the first major publication in the field to dedicate entire issues to LGBTQ+ and underrepresented minority mental health topics.