Dr. Javier Escobar

Dr. Javier Escobar is a clinician, educator, and researcher. His research work has included studies on the clinical phenomenology, epidemiology, and treatment of psychiatric syndromes, particularly those presenting primarily with somatic symptoms. He is currently participating in an NIH-Fogarty funded grant to train new investigators in several Andean nations of South America.

Before joining FIU, Escobar worked at the Rutgers University-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School as a professor. He also served as associate dean for the Office of Global Health, which he created.

Escobar has served as a member of the NIMH Director’s Advisory Council, the FDA advisory committee on psychiatric drugs, the APA task force that developed DSM-5, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s advisory committee for the Clinical Scholars Program, and several other research and academic workgroups.