Ragy Girgis

Ragy Girgis is a Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia University. His research focuses on the neurobiology of schizophrenia and psychosis, particularly glutamate and GABAergic dysfunction in cortical and striatal circuits, as well as psychiatric epidemiology and the societal impacts of mental illness. His recent work has examined the psychiatric risks associated with large language model chatbots, including their responses to psychotic prompts, alongside studies on firearm legality, antidepressant use, and cannabis involvement in mass shooting events. He has published extensively in leading journals such as JAMA Psychiatry, Neuropsychopharmacology, and Psychiatry Research, contributing to translational psychiatry and the understanding of high-risk mental states.