Noah S. Philip MD is a Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University. He is the founding Section Chief of Psychiatric Neuromodulation at VA Providence, and is Lead for Mental Health Research & Associate Director for Training and Research Partnerships at the VA Center for Neurorestoration and Neurotechnology.

Dr. Philip received his BSc from McGill University and his MD from Albany Medical College where he graduated AOA and with a Distinction in the Study of Biomedical Ethics. He completed his psychiatry residency training at Brown University, followed by T32 and Neuromodulation Fellowships at Brown.

Dr. Philip’s laboratory uses a precision approach to new and emerging technologies, with the goal to understand and treat posttraumatic stress disorder, major depression, and suicidality. His research has been featured in JAMA Psychiatry, American Journal of Psychiatry, Biological Psychiatry, and the National Neuroscience Curriculum Initiative. Current work includes studies of low intensity focused ultrasound neuromodulation for depression, anxiety, and PTSD, and accelerated TMS for PTSD.

Dr. Philip has received awards and recognition from the American Psychiatric Association, Society for Biological Psychiatry, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, and others. He has been funded through grants from the VA, NIMH, NIDA, Department of Defense, the Focused Ultrasound Foundation and Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (2024 Distinguished Investigator Award) and through industry and small-business collaborations. He serves on several editorial boards, including the American Journal of Psychiatry, Biological Psychiatry, Brain Stimulation, and Neuropsychopharmacology. He is active in several national organizations, including SOBP and ACNP, and is a past President of the Psychiatric Research Society.

Dr. Philip plays a significant training and mentoring role at Brown, where he is Associate Director of the NIMH R25 psychiatry resident research training program, MPI on the Brown Computational Psychiatry T32 training program, and serves as a mentor through national organizations such as the Career Development Institute for Psychiatry.