Michael Jibson, M.D., Ph.D.

Clinical Professor
Associate Chair for Education and Academic Affairs

Biography

Michael D. Jibson, M.D., Ph.D., is Professor of Psychiatry and Associate Chair for Education and Academic Affairs at U-M Psychiatry, and an attending psychiatrist on the University of Michigan Hospital adult inpatient unit. He has been involved in medical student and residency education for the past 28 years, including 24 years as residency education director. 

Dr. Jibson’s scholarly activity has focused on antipsychotic medications, psychotic disorders, borderline personality disorder, medical education, and medical ethics. Dr. Jibson completed his Ph.D. in biochemistry at the University of California San Francisco, his M.D. at the University of California Davis, and psychiatry residency at Stanford University. He has been on the University of Michigan faculty since 1993.

Areas of Interest

  • Schizophrenia
  • Antipsychotic medications
  • Inpatient psychiatry
  • Medical education
  • Medical ethics
  • Schizophrenia outcome

Credentials

  • 7/90-11/92 Veterans Affairs Award in Research Training for Psychiatrists; Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Stanford University School of Medicine (Mentors: Adolf Pfefferbaum, Professor of Psychiatry; Lawrence Eng, Professor of Pathology)
  • 7/87-6/90 Residency; Stanford University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
  • 7/86-6/87 Internship; Stanford University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
  • 9/81-8/82 Bantrell Fellow; Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Chemical Immunology (Mentor: Ruth Arnon), Rehovot, Israel
  • 1982-1986 M.D., University of California, Davis, School of Medicine
  • 1976-1981 Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics (Mentor: C.H. Li)
  • 1970-1976 B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz (Chemistry & Psychology)

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