Christoph Correll

Christoph Ulrich Correll is a German psychiatrist and researcher specializing in psychopharmacology and schizophrenia. He is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell in New York and Professor and Chair of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin.

He is also the Chief Medical Officer at Medlink Global, Inc. since 2024.

Early life and education Correll was born in Hamburg, Germany. He studied medicine at the Free University of Berlin, spending a year at the University of Dundee Medical School, and earned his medical degree and doctorate in psychiatry in Germany.

Career Following his fellowship, Correll began his career at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, serving as assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences from 2003 to 2008, and then as associate professor from 2008 to 2010.

In 2010, Correll was appointed co-director of the Laboratory of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. As a co-investigator in the NIMH RAISE early-treatment project, he helped show that coordinated, team-based intervention improves outcomes after first-episode psychosis.

Awards and recognition 2024: Morris H. Aprison Award for Biological Psychiatry 2023: GISS Clinical Science Award, Robert-Sommer Research Society 2013: John and Maxine Bendheim Fellowship Award for Research 2004: Northwell Health Research Institute Faculty Research Award 2003: Henry Christian Award, American Federation for Medical Research 2003: John and Maxine Bendheim Fellowship Award for Research