Douglas F. Covey PhD

Douglas F. Covey, Ph.D., is the Andrew C. and Barbara B. Taylor Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, Professor of Pharmacology in Developmental Biology, and Professor of Anesthesiology at Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine. Covey is recognized internationally for his research on steroid chemistry and pharmacology, most notably for research on neuroactive steroids. He is the recipient of the ACS St. Louis Award and Washington University in St. Louis Chancellor’s Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. He holds 16 U.S. patents and 69 foreign patents that have been licensed to three companies. He is a co-founder of Sage Therapeutics, Inc. He has published 374 articles, reviews, and book chapters and is on the editorial board for Steroids. Covey is a member of The Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars.