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BIOGRAPHY   George S. Alexopoulos, MD Professor of Psychiatry Weill Medical College of Cornell University Director, Weill Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry Director, Specialized Services Division New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Payne Whitney Westchester White Plains, New York George S. Alexopoulos, MD, is a Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Medical College of Cornell University and Professor at the Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Cornell University in New York. He has been the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)-funded Intervention Research Center (IRC) for Geriatric Mood Disorders and the founding Director of the Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry. Dr Alexopoulos has conducted studies on clinical, neuropsychological, electrophysiological, imaging, and treatment aspects of geriatric mood disorders. His research has focused on the course and long-term outcomes of depression as a means of addressing the heterogeneity of geriatric mood disorders. Dr Alexopoulos introduced and continued to improve research methodology specific for the longitudinal study of geriatric syndromes. He has contributed to the current literature on late-onset depression syndromes, depressive syndromes with reversible cognitive dysfunction and depressive syndromes associated with specific neuropsychological impairments. Dr Alexopoulos has received the Senior Investigator's Award from the American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry in 1997, as well as many NIMH research grants. He is a member of the NIMH Board of Scientific Counselors and the Editor for North America of the International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. In 2004, Dr Alexopoulos received the Joseph Zubin Research Award presented by the American Psychopathological Association.