Melissa DelBello, MD, MS

Specialties

Child Psychiatry/Psychology, Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychology, Mood Disorders, Psychiatry/Psychology

Department

Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience

UC Health Affiliations

University of Cincinnati Gardner Neuroscience Institute, Mood Disorders Center, Best Doctors and Top Doctors

Melissa DelBello, MD, is the co-medical director of the Mood Disorders Center at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, and has been a child and adolescent psychiatrist at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center since 1998 and at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) since 2000.  In 2009, Dr. DelBello joined the University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute.  She is currently the vice-chair of Clinical Research in the Department of Psychiatry, the director of Research Training and Education at CCHMC, and the co-director of the Division of Bipolar Disorders Research at the UC College of Medicine.  Dr. DelBello is also a professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at the college. 

Dr. DelBello has expertise in the field of neurodevelopment and treatment of children and adolescents with mood disorders. She has been studying pharmacological interventions for the neurofunction, neurochemistry, and outcome of adolescents with and at risk for developing bipolar disorder for over 15 years. In addition to teaching and lecturing both nationally and internationally, she has received numerous awards and honors and has authored over 200 articles, reviews and book chapters.  She is the principal investigator of several NIH, foundation, and pharmaceutical research grants.