Overview
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Eric Lenze, MD, is Head of the Department of Psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The public record shows 546 publications with 20,832 citations (h-index 74), centered on Depression (MDD), Schizophrenia. It also documents an investigator role on 24 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 4 companies, 12 NIH-funded awards (2008–2025).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · medRxiv
- Top research focus: Depression (MDD)
- 24 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 4 companies
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Drugs & moleculesacross trials, industry payments and publications
Works withtrial sponsors and companies reporting payments
Scholarshipindexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
View publications ↓Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 11 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index, productivity × impact (OpenAlex).
Clinical & industrytrials, payments and federal funding
Clinical trials
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Listed as an investigator on 24 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Lumateperone for Late-Life Depression
Sponsor: Eric Lenze
InvestigatorPhase 3Not, yet, recruitingNCT07623135 - INCLUDE Program: A Perioperative Wellness Program Tailored for Black Surgical Patients
Sponsor: Washington University School of Medicine
InvestigatorRecruitingNCT07283783 - Fortifying Healthy Behaviors, Optimizing Medical Therapies and Enhancing Cognitive Function in Older Adults-pilot Study
Sponsor: Washington University School of Medicine
InvestigatorPhase 2CompletedNCT07000734
Industry payments
Updated 14 Jul 2026
4 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2023. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbHProgram year20231 payment
- ITI, Inc.Program year20231 payment
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCProgram year202210 payments
NIH funding
Updated 14 Jul 2026
12 NIH research awards on record, funded 2008–2025 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Slow Wave Induction by Propofol to Eliminate Depression (SWIPED) Trial
Washington University
FY2025$699,647U01MH128483 - Resilience and brain health of older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic
Washington University
FY2024$1,803,334R01AG072694
Publications
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- High-Frequency, At-Home Monitoring of Drug Safety and Tolerability in Clinical Trials: Results From Studies of Fluvoxamine for COVID-19 Treatment.
Clinical and translational science
2025 - CYP2D6 Phenotype Influences Pharmacokinetic Parameters of Venlafaxine: Results from a Population Pharmacokinetic Model in Older Adults with Depression.
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
2024 - The STOP COVID 2 Study: Fluvoxamine vs Placebo for Outpatients With Symptomatic COVID-19, a Fully Remote Randomized Controlled Trial.
Open forum infectious diseases
2023
Contact
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Office address
660 South Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8134, St. Louis, MO 63110
Background & recognition
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Educationdegrees and training on record
- Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Late-Life Mood Disorder Center
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- Board Certified
Geriatric Psychiatry (American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology)
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Editorial & leadership rolesjournal and society appointments
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- Director
Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine
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Mobile Health Research Core, Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis
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Awards & honorshonors on the public record
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Secondary affiliationsappointments beyond the home institution
- Professor of Anesthesiology
Washington University School of Medicine
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Institute for Public Health, Washington University in St. Louis
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Media & interviewspress, podcasts and appearances
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- Podcast guest: "Fluvoxamine for Early Treatment of COVID-19: The STOP COVID Clinical Trials"
Rethinking Clinical Trials
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Online presence
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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Owned accountspublic accounts run by this person
- Doximity
doximity.com/pub/eric-lenze-md
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researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Eric-J-Lenze-38924691
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x.com/EricLenze2
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Mentions by otherswhere others cite or feature them
- Other
medicine.washu.edu/news/lenze-named-head-of-department-of-psychiatry
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