Christopher Gurguis, MD, MS
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Christopher Gurguis, MD, MS
Assistant Professor
Positions
- Assistant Professor
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Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences - Menninger Activity
Baylor College of Medicine
- Staff Psychiatrist
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The Menninger Clinic
Houston, United States
Addresses
- 12301 Main Street (Office)
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Houston, TX 77035
United States
Education
- BS from Loyola University Chicago
- 12/2009 - Chicago, Illinois United States
- Biology (ecology emphasis)
- MS from The University of Arizona
- 12/2014 - Tucson, Arizona United States
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- MD from McGovern Medical School at UTHealth
- 05/2020 - Houston, Texas United States
- Residency at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth
- 06/2024 - Houston, Texas United States
- Psychiatry
Professional Interests
- Evolutionary psychiatry
- Behavioral development and evolution
Selected Publications
- Gurguis, C. I., T. S. Kimm, T. A. Pigott "Perspective: The Evolution of hormones and person perception – a quantitative genetic framework." Front Psychol. 2024 Jun 17;15:1395974. Pubmed PMID: 38952835
- Gurguis, C. I. and R. Duckworth "Dynamic changes in begging signal short-term information on hunger and need." Am Nat. 2022 May;199(5):705-718. Pubmed PMID: 35472017
- Jones, G., C. Rong, C. M. Vecera, C. I. Gurguis, R. Chudal, E. Leung, C. Vecera, A. Ruiz, L. Shahani, M. Zanetti, R. T. de Sousa, G. Busatto, J. Soares, W. Gattaz, and R. Machado- Vieira "The role of lithium treatment on comorbid anxiety symptoms in patients with bipolar depression." J Affect Disord. 2022 Jul 1;308:71-75. Pubmed PMID: 35427708
- Lavagnino, L., C. I. Gurguis, and S. D. Lane "Risk factors for cardiovascular disease in hospitalized patients with severe mental illness." Psychiatry Res. 2021 Oct;304:114148. Pubmed PMID: 34365215
- Gurguis, C.I., R.A. Duckworth, N.M. Bucaro, C. Walss-Bass "Fitness consequences of depressive symptoms vary between generations: Evidence from a large cohort of women across the 20th century." 2024 Sep;19(9):e0310598. Pubmed PMID: 39348394
- Gurguis, C.I., S.D. Lane, E. Leung, J.M. Schmitz, C. Walss-Bass, T.D. Meyer "Personality factors associated with manner of death: A psychological autopsy study." 2025 Apr;184:522-527. Pubmed PMID: 40157218
Memberships
- Society for the Study of Evolution
- Member (03/2016)
- American Society of Naturalists
- Member (06/2022)
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