Erick Howard Turner MD

Summary

• Dr. Erick Turner is a psychiatrist based in Portland, OR. He graduated from Oregon Health & Science University, did psychiatry residency at the University of California, Irvine, then a research fellowship at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). He then worked as a Medical Officer (Clinical Reviewer) at the FDA, reviewing new drug applications submitted by drug companies in order to determine whether these drugs should be approved for the US market. That experience made him aware of the vast amounts of clinical drug trial data that never see the light of day in journal publications. This inspired his later research on publication bias. His best-known paper, entitled "Selective Publication of Antidepressant Trials and Its Influence on Apparent Efficacy", was published in the NEJM in 2008. It received widespread coverage in the international press. According to Scopus, it has been cited over 1,900 times, including over 130 books and book chapters, placing it in the 99th percentile. Currently, Dr. Turner is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychiatry at Oregon Health and Science University.