Lawson Reed Wulsin (born June 17, 1951) is a professor of

psychiatry Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders. These include various maladaptations related to mood, behaviour, cognition, and perceptions. See glossary of psychiatry. Initial psych ...

and

family medicine Family medicine is a medical specialty within primary care that provides continuing and comprehensive health care for the individual and family across all ages, genders, diseases, and parts of the body. The specialist, who is usually a primary ...

at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and is a practicing psychiatrist for the Cincinnati Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Wulsin specializes in

psychosomatic medicine Psychosomatic medicine is an interdisciplinary medical field exploring the relationships among social, psychological, behavioral factors on bodily processes and quality of life in humans and animals. The academic forebear of the modern field of ...

and from 1995-2019 was the training director for the University of Cincinnati Family Medicine Psychiatry Residency Program. Wulsin is the author of ''Treating the Aching Heart'' (Vanderbilt University Press 2007) which "presents a new view of depression as a broad-reaching illness with a distinct neurobiology that influences the most up-to-date model of heart disease." Other research by Wulsin includes "Depressive symptoms, coronary heart disease, and overall mortality in the Framingham Heart Study," published in ''Psychosomatic Medicine''; "Can mortality studies change clinical care and health policy?" in ''Journal of Psychosomatic Research''; "Is depression a major risk factor for coronary disease? A systematic review of the epidemiologic evidence," in ''Harvard Review of Psychiatry''; "Do depressive symptoms increase the risk for the onset of coronary disease? A systematic quantitative review” in ''Psychosomatic Medicine''; and "A systematic review of the mortality of depression," in ''Psychosomatic Medicine''. Wulsin holds an M.D. from the

University of Cincinnati The University of Cincinnati (UC or Cincinnati) is a public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio. Founded in 1819 as Cincinnati College, it is the oldest institution of higher education in Cincinnati and has an annual enrollment of over 44,00 ...

and is a graduate of

Harvard College Harvard College is the undergraduate college of Harvard University, an Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636, Harvard College is the original school of Harvard University, the oldest institution of higher lea ...

. Wulsin is married to

Victoria Wells Wulsin Victoria Elizabeth Wells Wulsin (born October 27, 1953) is an American physician and political candidate who specializes in epidemiology, and AIDS research among women in Africa. She has also been involved in politics, and in 2006 and 2008 ran as ...

, an epidemiologist and former democratic congressional candidate (2006, 2008). They live in

Cincinnati Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wit ...

, Ohio. He is a grandson of

Lucien Wulsin Lucien Wulsin III (September 21, 1916 – August 23, 2009) was a lawyer, entrepreneur, banker, arts advocate, university trustee and erstwhile performer. Birth, education, military and law career Wulsin was born on September 21, 1916, in Cincinna ...

, a founder of the Baldwin Piano Company and the son of Dr. John Wulsin. Obituary of Dr. John Lawson

External links

LawsonWulsin.com

Notes and references

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wulsin, Lawson 1951 births Living people American psychiatrists Physicians from Cincinnati Harvard College alumni University of Cincinnati College of Medicine alumni University of Cincinnati faculty