Joan Luby
Samuel and Mae S. Ludwig Chair in Psychiatry at Barnes-Jewish Hospital
- Phone: 314-286-2730
- Email: lubyj@nospam.wustl.edu
Additional Titles & Roles
- Director, Early Emotional Development Program
- Co-PI NIMH Post doctoral training program in developmental affective neuroscience
- Professor of Public Health
Education & Training
- Fellowship: Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1990
- Residency: Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1988
- M.D.: Wayne State University, 1985
- B.A.: Brown University, 1981
Major Awards
- Elected Member: National Academy of Medicine, 2023
- AACAP Norbert and Charlotte Rieger Award for Scientific Achievement, 2021
- American Psychiatric Association Blanche Ittelson Award for Research in Child/Adolescent Psychiatry, 2021
- Ruane Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Research (NARSAD), 2020
- Washington University Carl and Gerty Cori Faculty Achievement Award, 2020
- Member Scientific Council/ Brain and Behavior Research Foundation, 2018
- AACAP Irving R. Philips Award for Prevention, 2015
Areas of Clinical Interest
Mood disorders in preschool children: diagnosis and treatment, Developmental Psychopathology, Neurobiological correlates of preschool depression. Early experience and neurodevelopment. Sensitive periods. Novel parent-child interaction therapy for preschool mood disorders, Infant/Preschool Psychiatry
Research Interests
– Studies of early onset depression, validators, clinical characteristics, biological markers and alterations in brain structure and function related to early onset depression and other early experiences
– Psychotherapeutic treatments for early onset depression focusing on emotion development
– Studies of early experience and brain development
– Effects of poverty on brain development
– Novel treatments for early onset depression
– Sensitive periods in emotion development and therapeutic response.
Recent Publications
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Unique features of peer relationships in specific developmental periods predict borderline personality disorder and major depressive disorder in late adolescence
Naeem, S., Gilbert, K., Vogel, A., Huntington, C., Tillman, R., Barch, D. M., Luby, J. & Whalen, D. J., Dec 2026, In: BMC Psychiatry. 26, 1, 761.
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Implementation climate and readiness for the THRIVE intervention in school settings: a mixed methods study
Wang, S., Quinones, H., Miller, L., Luby, J. & Kohl, T., Dec 2026, In: Implementation Science Communications. 7, 1, 156.
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Editorial: Criticality: a novel brain metric associated with sleep that may elucidate sleep’s influence on adolescent depression
Huckenpahler, A., Luby, J. & Hoyniak, C., Nov 2026, In: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines. 67, 11, p. 1793-1795 3 p.
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Low Caregiver-Child Positive Escalation in Childhood Predicts Late Adolescent BPD
Huntington, C., Gilbert, K., Vogel, A. C., Tillman, R., Haus, B., Barch, D. M., Luby, J. L. & Whalen, D. J., Oct 2026, In: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. 54, 5, 117.
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Examining Associations Between the Timing of Maternal Depressive Symptoms, Parenting Behaviors, and Child Outcomes
Redic, M. M., Luby, J. L., Constantino-Pettit, A. M., Triplett, R. L., Gerstein, E. D., Ruscitti, M., Loseille, D., Alexopoulos, D., Smyser, T. A., Rogers, C. E., Smyser, C. D. & Barch, D. M., Oct 2026, In: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 65, 10, p. 1285-1300 16 p.