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Current Focus

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Interdisciplinary work at the intersection of psychiatry, neuroscience, philosophy of mind, and public scholarship. Writing integrates predictive processing, psychodynamics, and identity, bridging clinical science with humanistic inquiry.

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Professional Experience

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2020–2024: Executive Vice President, Translational Medicine, Tonix Pharmaceuticals – Directed translational medicine initiatives for Long COVID, depression, PTSD, migraine, and Prader-Willi syndrome.

Earlier Career Highlights: Senior executive roles at NIH (NIMH), FDA, and multiple pharma/biotech companies (Jazz, GSK, Cephalon, Vela, Validus). Leadership of national programs at NIMH (including STAR*D) and Visiting Scientist at FDA.

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Training & Education

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  • Psychiatric Residency, Yale University School of Medicine (1990–1994)

  • M.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (1990)

  • Ph.D., Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (1989)

  • B.A., Philosophy, Georgetown University (1983)​​

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Academic & Teaching Roles

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  • Georgetown University, Medical Humanities Program (current teaching)

  • Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry, UNC Chapel Hill (2003–2005)

  • Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry, Howard University (1996–2000)

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Selected Peer-Reviewed Articles

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  • 2025: Harris, H. W. Active Inference and Psychodynamics. Frontiers in Psychiatry.

  • 2025: Harris, H. W. Qualia as Query Act. Frontiers in Psychology.

  • 2024: Bergmans, R. S., Clauw, D. J., Harris, H. W., et al. Chronic overlapping pain conditions and long COVID. Pain.

  • 2011: Moldofsky, H., Harris, H. W., et al. Effects of Bedtime Very Low Dose Cyclobenzaprine on Fibromyalgia. J. Rheumatology.

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Essays & Public Scholarship

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  • Psychoanalysis 2.0 (2025), 3 Quarks Daily

  • The Social Origin of Free Will (2025), 3 Quarks Daily

  • Self-Consciousness as a Team Sport (2025), 3 Quarks Daily

  • Topsy-Turvy (2023, Pushcart nomination), New England Review / LitHub

  • Excerpts from A Space Between (2024, Pushcart nomination), Craft Literary

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Books & Edited Volumes

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  • Racial and Ethnic Identity (Ed., Routledge, 1994)

  • Multigenerational Identities, in The Beiging of America (2017)

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Creative Nonfiction

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  • Portrait of the Artist as a Black Man (2021, Michael Steinberg Award), Solstice

  • I Was Expecting a Black Guy (2021), Hippocampus Magazine

  • The Brown Body (2020), Tahoma Literary Review

  • To Belong in a Garden (2020), Solstice Literary Magazine

  • A Tourist at Home (2019, Pushcart nomination), Creative Nonfiction

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Honors & Awards

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  • Pushcart Prize Nominations: 2019, 2023, 2024

  • Michael Steinberg Creative Nonfiction Award (2021)

  • Innovator Award, Jazz Pharmaceuticals (2006)

  • NIMH Certificate of Appreciation (1999)

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Licensure

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Board-certified in Psychiatry (ABPN). Licensed in Washington, D.C., and multiple states.

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