Erick Howard Turner MD

Summary

• Dr. Erick Turner, Professor Emeritus at the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), is a psychiatrist with an extensive background in both clinical and academic settings. After completing his medical education at OHSU, he did his psychiatry residency at the University of California, Irvine, and a research fellowship at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). He then worked as a Medical Officer at the FDA, reviewing applications submitted by pharmaceutical companies to determine whether their drugs were sufficiently safe and effective to be approved for the US market. Inspired by what he learned inside the proverbial ‘sausage factory’, his research has focused on publication bias and on the evolution in FDA approval standards. Several of his publications have been very widely cited, most notably a 2008 paper in the NEJM on the selective publication of antidepressant trials. In parallel with his academic career, he has worked as an outpatient psychiatrist at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center and, more recently, part-time at Cascadia Health.