Hadine Joffe, MD, MSc

Hadine Joffe, MD, MSc, is Chair and Psychiatrist-in-Chief of the Department of Psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She is the Founder and Director of the Women's Hormones and Aging Research Program housed within the BIDMC RHYME (Regulation of Hormones, Chronobiology, Mood and Sleep) Research Center, and a Research Affiliate at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and at Mass General Brigham, both at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Joffe is an internationally recognized clinical reproductive neuroscientist and academic psychiatry leader whose research has advanced understanding of depression and related neurocognitive symptoms in midlife women. Her research focuses on the mechanisms, course, and treatment of depression, insomnia, thermoregulatory symptoms, and fatigue in women navigating the menopause transition or undergoing breast cancer treatment. She has led NIH-funded studies continuously for over 26 years, including as Principal investigator on three R01s and a U54 Specialized Center of Research Excellence (SCORE) focused on midlife women’s health. Her research has resulted in over 200 publications and has been recognized by the Thomas Clarkson Outstanding Clinical & Basic Science Research Award and the Vivian Pinn Award for Outstanding Research in Women's Health from The Health of Women National Society.

Dr. Joffe is a committed mentor, having supported the careers of over 100 investigators and clinicians. Her contributions have been recognized through the Harvard Medical School William Silen Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award and the Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry Stuart T. Hauser MD PhD Mentorship Award. Her leadership has been recognized by through the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine ( ELAM) fellowship.