Michael Davis, PhD

Michael Davis, Ph.D. is the Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory University School of Medicine. He is the leading researcher in the neurobiology of emotion. He is on the editorial boards for the Behavioral Neuroscience, Behavioral and Neural Biology, Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, Learning and Memory, Anxiety, Journal of Neuroscience, Biological Psychology, and Neuropsychopharmacology.

Dr. Davis is on the advisory board for Anxiety Disorders Association of America. He is a fellow of American Psychological Association; American Psychological Society; American Association for the Advancement of Science; Academia, Medicinae & Psychiatriae Foundation; and American College of Neuropsychopharmacology.

Dr. Davis has published more than 250 articles and reviews. His recent work examines the physiological bases of learning and memory and brain areas involved in fear, anxiety, and stress, particularly the role of various second messenger systems in the amygdala in fear conditioning. Dr. Davis' research has been supported by the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institutes of Health.