Marcos Antonio Moreno, MD

Marcos A. Moreno was born and raised in a small community in southern Arizona known as the Pascua Yaqui Reservation. The eldest of five children, he is Native American and a member of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe through his father, and Mexican American through his mother. He attended Cornell University where he studied neuroscience, completing his bachelor’s degree in 2017 and receiving Cornell’s Henry Ricciuti and Solomon Cook awards for engaged research and scholarship. While at Cornell he was involved in research studying the impact of environmental stressors on brain development and neural receptor expression, and later contributed to research studying NK-1R antagonists and their role in addiction pathways. In addition to his interests in neuroscience, Marcos has an interest in public health and medicine for underserved populations. He was selected as one of five recipients in the country for the 2016 Udall Healthcare award for his work in underserved communities, including his medical mission trips to Africa, Latin America, and his contributions to a community health needs assessment for his home community in Arizona. He attended medical school at UND-School of Medicine and Health Sciences, where he published addiction research with Dr. Larry Burd and the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Center and wrote a chapter on Native American public health for the book Global Indigenous Youth: Through Their Eyes, a literary work co-sponsored by the United Nations and the Institute for the Study of Human Rights. As the sole author representing the United States, Marcos was a guest speaker at a special United Nations session for the books launch in New York City in 2019. Within psychiatry Marcos’ interests include addiction, child development, and mental health policy. Outside of psychiatry, Marcos’ interests include eating good food, lifting weights, and watching the Raiders play football.