Positions and Honors Postdoctoral
Training: 1983-1986 Resident in
Psychiatry (PGY1-PGY3), Tufts University School of Medicine & New
England Medical Center 1986-1987 Chief Resident
(PGY4), Tufts University School of Medicine & New
England Medical Center
1987-1989 Research
Fellow in Clinical Pharmacology (PGY5-6), Tufts University
School of Medicine & New England Medical Center
Licensure
and Certification:
1983 Massachusetts License
(No 54034)
1988 American
Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
- Diplomate (No 30661)
Appointments: 1989-1991 Staff
Physician, Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Boston, MA 1989-1991 Director,
Anxiety Disorders Clinic, New England Medical Center, Boston, MA 1989-1991 Research
Associate, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, New
England Medical Center, Boston, MA 1989-1991 Assistant
Professor of Psychiatry, Tufts University School of
Medicine, Boston, MA 1991-1995 Career
Development Research Associate, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Providence, RI 1991-2000 Assistant
Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 1993-2005 Graduate
Training, Faculty, Dept of Neuroscience Brown University, Providence, RI 1993-2005 Graduate
Training, Faculty & Core Faculty, Center for Alcohol & Addiction
Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI 1994-2005 Director
of Training and Education, Mental Health Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Providence, RI 1995-2000 Medical
Director, Inpatient Psychiatry, Mental Health Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Providence, RI 1995-2005 Graduate
Training, Faculty, Dept of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology & Biotechnology,
Brown University, Providence, RI 1996-2002 Adjunct
Faculty in Biochemistry, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics,
University of Rhode Island, North Kingston, RI 1999-2005 Faculty,
Brain Science Program, Brown University, Providence, RI 2000-2005 Chief,
Mental Health, Service Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Providence, RI 2000-2005 Associate
Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 2000-2005 Associate
Professor of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology & Biotechnology,
Brown Medical School, Providence ,RI 2005- Director, Mental Health
Service, VA Boston Healthcare
System, Boston MA
2005- Lecturer
on Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
2006- Chief,
Psychiatry Service, VA Boston Healthcare
System, Boston, MA
2006- Professor
of Psychiatry and Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, Boston University School of
Medicine, Boston, MA
2007- Professor
of Psychology,
Boston University, Boston, MA
Major
Committee Assignments: Boston University School of
Medicine 2005- Chairperson,
Chief of Psychology Search Committee
for VA Boston Healthcare System and Division of Psychiatry
2005- Member,
Biomedical Neuroscience Executive Committee 2005- Member,
Division of Psychiatry Executive Committee Harvard Medical School 2005-2006 Chairperson, Harvard South Shore Residency
Training Director Search Committee, Harvard Medical School and
VA Boston Healthcare
System 2006- Co-Chairperson,
Ad Hoc Search Committee for Professor of Psychiatry to
serve as Director of the Harvard South Shore Residency
Program in the VA Boston Healthcare System
Hospital
2005- Strategic
Planning Committee, VA Boston Healthcare
System
2005- Governing
Board, VA Boston Healthcare
System 2005- Medical
Executive Board, VA Boston Healthcare
System 2005- Mental
Health Academic Executive Committee, VA Boston Healthcare
System and Division of Psychiatry, BUSM 2005- Research
and Development Space Committee, VA Boston Healthcare
System 2005- Chief
of Staff Executive Committee, VA Boston Healthcare
System National
and Regional
1993- Ad
Hoc Reviewer,
Department
of Veterans
Affairs,
Medical
Research
Service
1997 Symposium
Director, “Signaling
Mechanisms of Psychoactive Drugs”, Society of
Biological Psychiatry, 52nd Annual Convention, San Diego, CA
1997 Reviewer, American
Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline for the
Treatment of Patients with Panic Disorder and Related
Anxiety Disorders
1997 Ad
Hoc Reviewer, Department
of Veterans Affairs Psychiatric Research /Neurosciences
Fellowship Program
1998 Symposium
Director, “Brain
Signaling Pathways in Psychiatric
Syndromes”,
American Psychiatric Association,
1998
Annual Meeting, Toronto,
Canada
1998 Reviewer, American
Psychiatric Association Practice
Guideline for the Treatment of Patients
with Delirium
2000-2005 Vice
President and Board Member,
Ocean State Research Institute (non profit research institute), Providence, RI
2002 External
Reviewer of Faculty Promotions,
Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School
2002 External
Reviewer of Faculty Promotions, University
of Rhode Island
2003-2004 Ad
Hoc Grant Reviewer,
National Alliance on Research in Schizophrenia and Depression
2004 Symposium
Director, “Schizophrenia and
Nicotine Dependence: Mechanisms and
their Translation to Treatment”.
College for Problems in Drug Dependence,
2004 Annual Meeting, San Juan, PR
2004 External
Reviewer of Faculty Appointments, Department
of Psychiatry, Medical University of
South Carolina
2004 External
Reviewer of Tenure and Promotions
Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts
2005- Board
Member,
Boston VA Research Institute (non profit research institute)
Professional
Societies: 1983- American
Psychiatric Association 1983-2001 Massachusetts
Psychiatric Society 1989- American
Association for the Advancement of Science 1989-2002 American
Society of Clinical Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 1992- Society
for Neuroscience 1995- Society
of Biological Psychiatry 1998- American College of
Clinical Pharmacology 2001-2005 Rhode
Island Psychiatric Society 2005- Massachusetts Psychiatric
Society Awards & Honors: 1993,
1996 Research Awards, Department
of Psychiatry & Human Behavior, Brown Medical School- Principal
Investigator in departmental pilot projects 1998 Special
Contribution Award, Veterans Affairs Medical Center- Providence,
Award for unique contribution to VA Mental Health Service development 1998-1999 Mentor,
Society for Royce Fellows, Brown University- Mentor of student
in honorary scholarly society 2000 Physician
of the Year Award, Rhode
Island Disabled American Veterans 2001 Medical
Student Teaching Award, Department of Psychiatry & Human
Behavior, Brown Medical School 2001 Masters
of Arts (Ad Eundem), Brown University 2003 Mentorship
Award, Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior, Brown Medical School 2005 Director’s
Commendation, Veterans Affairs Medical Center- Providence, Commendation
for Excellence in Leadership of Mental Health Service Editorial
Boards and Review Service: 1987- Journal
of Clinical Psychopharmacology (Reviewer) 1994- Journal
of Neurochemistry (Reviewer) 1995- Psychopharmacology
(Reviewer) 1995- Journal
of Affective Disorders (Reviewer) 1996- Journal
of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences (Reviewer) 1996-2002 Life
Sciences (Reviewer) 1996- Biological
Psychiatry (Reviewer) 1996- International
Clinical Psychopharmacology (Reviewer) 1997- Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica (Reviewer) 1998- Comprehensive
Psychiatry (Reviewer) 1998- Journal
of Clinical Pharmacology (Reviewer) 1998- Journal
of Clinical Pharmacology (Editorial Board) 2001-2003 Neurobiology
of Aging (Reviewer) 2002- Neuropsychopharmacology (Reviewer) 2002- British
Journal of Pharmacology (Reviewer) |
