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Academic Degrees:  BA, MA, PhD
Primary Discipline: Psychology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Senior Research Scientist, Epidemiology and Health Services Research, Center for the Study of Issues in Public Mental Health
Research Interests: Severe Mental Illness and Addiction, Trauma, Development and Integration of Services, Gender and Co-Occurring Disorders
Academic Degrees:  MS, Computer Science; BA, English Literature
Primary Discipline: Information Sciences
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Deputy Director, Information Sciences Division
Research Interests: Clinical Trial data collection systems. Bill is also a frequent contributor to the New York Times op-ed page and the author of "The $64 Tomato: How One Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured an Existential Crisis in the Quest for the Perfect Garden."
Academic Degrees:  Dipl.-Inf.-Med.
Primary Discipline: Medical Informatics
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Database Administator, Information Sciences Division
Academic Degrees:  MA, Forensic Psychology
Primary Discipline: Psychology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Clinical Research Division
Research Interests: Psychopathy, Schizophrenia, and Neuropsychology
Academic Degrees:  BS (EE), MS (EE), Ph.D. (Applied Physics)
Primary Discipline: Image analysis and signal processing
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Senior Staff Investigator and SectionLeader for Image Analysis, Center for Advanced Brain Imaging, Division of Medical Physics.
Research Interests: Functional and morphological MRI, positron emission tomography, image processing, biomedical signal processing, computer vision, artificial intelligence, pattern recognition, neural networks
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Academic Degrees:  M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D.
Primary Discipline: Neuropharmacology, Neurochemistry and Neurophysiology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Analytical Psychopharmacology
Research Interests: Synaptic plasticity and endocannabinoid signaling in alcoholism
Academic Degrees:  BA, MS, PhD
Primary Discipline: Neurochemistry
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Visiting Scientist, Neurochemistry
Research Interests: Function of N- acetylaspartate, Brain osmoregulation
Academic Degrees:  M.A. Community/Counseling Psychology
Primary Discipline: Psychology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Coordinator, Outpatient Research Program
Research Interests: Schizophrenia, Depression
Academic Degrees:  BA, MS
Primary Discipline: Neurochemistry
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Neurochemistry
Research Interests: Neurodegeneration, Apoptosis, Cysteine Proteinases and their Endogenous Inhibitors, Alzheimer's Disease
Academic Degrees:  PhD, MPH
Primary Discipline: Anthropology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Statistics and Services Research Department, Center to Study Recovery in Social Contexts
Research Interests: Shared Decision-Making in Medication Management
Academic Degrees:  BS, Mathematics
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Administrator, Division of Medical Physics
Favorite Links: Center for Advanced Brain Imaging
Academic Degrees:  BA
Primary Discipline: Computer Science
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Statistical Sciences and Epidemiology Division
Research Interests: Information Systems, Programming Languages, Internationalization, Computer Operating System Design, General Systems Theory
Academic Degrees:  MA in Psychology (City College of NY); BS in Mathematics & Graphic Design (University of Notre Dame)
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Support Assistant; Clinical Research Division
Academic Degrees:  MS, PhD
Primary Discipline: Biomedical Physics
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Director, Center for Advanced Brain Imaging, Division of Medical Physics Division Chief, Medical Physics
Research Interests: Application of MR based methods to the Study of Psychiatric Disease, Perfusion Imaging, Diffusion Imaging, Brain Development and the Effects of Psychotropic and other Medications on Brain Development.
Academic Degrees:  PhD
Primary Discipline: Psychology, Neurophysiology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist IV, Program in Cognitive Neuroscience and Schizophrenia
Research Interests: Schizophrenia, Early Visual Processing Dysfunction, Psychophysics, Electrophysiology, Neuroimaging
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Title and Research Program Affiliation: Center for Dementia Research
Academic Degrees:  Ph. D.
Primary Discipline: Molecular Neurobiology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Movement Disorders and Molecular Psychiatry Division
Research Interests: Psychiatric Genetics, Neuroendocrinology, Movement Disorders
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Center for Dementia Research
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Graduate Student, CDR
Academic Degrees:  MD, MPH
Primary Discipline: Psychiatry
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Psychiatrist III (Research) & Director, Clinical Research and Evaluation Facility
Research Interests: Psychopharmacology, schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, aggression and psychiatric disorders, pharmacoepidemiology, pharmacokinetics
Academic Degrees:  BSc (Hons), PhD
Primary Discipline: Neurochemistry
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Movement Disorders and Molecular Psychiatry Division
Research Interests: Genomic and Proteomic approaches to the understanding of Psychiatric and Neurodegenerative disorders. Microarray approaches to disease diagnosis and etiology, Movement disorders. Oxidative stress mediated disease mechanisms.
Academic Degrees:  M.S. Information Systems; Windows 2000 MCSE, MCSA, MCP; CCA
Primary Discipline: Computer Science
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Technical Services Project Manager, Information Sciences Division
Academic Degrees:  MA
Primary Discipline: Psychopharmacology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Director, Analytical Psychopharmacology Division
Research Interests: Drug Metabolism, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Psychotrophic Drugs, Analytical Chemistry: GS/MS (EI,PCI,NCI,FAB), HPLC/MS, CE /MS, HPLC -Diode Array/ Amperometric/ Spectrofluor./ UV Capillary - GC - ECD / NPD /FID./NPD/FID., Mode of Action of Psychotrophic Drugs.
Academic Degrees:  BA, MS (Management Information Systems)
Primary Discipline: Web Application Development
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Project Management, Information Sciences Division
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Academic Degrees:  BA
Primary Discipline: Psychology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Assistant Research Scientist, Clinical Research Division
Research Interests: Neuroimaging, psychopathology
Academic Degrees:  MD
Primary Discipline: Adult Psychiatry
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Schizophrenia, Genetics and Brain Imaging
Research Interests: Psychiatric Genetics Schizophrenia, MRI
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Center for Dementia Research
Academic Degrees:  PhD
Primary Discipline: Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurophysiology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Program in Cognitive Neuroscience and Schizophrenia
Research Interests: Attention, Working Memory, Prefrontal Cortex, Schizophrenia
Academic Degrees:  BA, PhD
Primary Discipline: Neurochemistry
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Neurochemistry
Research Interests: Neurochemistry, Protein and amino acid metabolism, Neurotransmitters, Neurodegeneration, Schizophrenia
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Title and Research Program Affiliation: Center for Dementia Research
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Academic Degrees:  MD., Ph.D
Primary Discipline: Neuropathology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Division of Medical Physics, Center for Advanced Brain Imaging.
Research Interests: Neuroanatomy, Neuropathology, NeuroInformatics, NeuroImaging and MRI Morphometry.
Favorite Links: NeuroAnatomy & NeuroPathology on the Internet
Academic Degrees:  BS, MA
Primary Discipline: Biology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Supervisor, NKI Animal Facility
Academic Degrees:  Ph.D.
Primary Discipline: Neurophysiology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Associate Professor, Program in Cognitve Neuroscience
Research Interests: Multisensory Integration, Selective Attention, Schizophrenia
Favorite Links: Foxe Lab - Cognitive Neurophysiology
Academic Degrees:  M.D.
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Post-Doctoral Fellow
Research Interests: Epilepsy
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Academic Degrees:  B.S., M.S.
Primary Discipline: Biology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Technician, 7T imaging lab Center for Advanced Brain Imaging (CABI)
Research Interests: Animal Behavior, Physiology, Endocrinology, Biopsychology
Academic Degrees:  Ph.D.
Primary Discipline: Neuroscience
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Center for Dementia Research
Research Interests: Neurodegeneration, single cell RNA analysis, Alzheimer's disease, and lesion-induced synaptic plasticity.
Favorite Links: NYU Profile
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Academic Degrees:  BBA degree in Compute
Academic Degrees:  Bsc., Ph.D.
Primary Discipline: Biophysics
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Associate Director for Instrumentation, Center for Advanced Brain Imaging, Division of Medical Physics
Research Interests: Diffusion Tensor Imaging and rapid CSI
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Academic Degrees:  BA, MS
Primary Discipline: Neurochemistry
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Neurochemistry
Research Interests: Neurochemistry, Drugs of abuse, Schizophrenia
Academic Degrees:  BA, MA
Primary Discipline: Medical Sociology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Epidemiology and Health Services Research Laboratory, Statistical Sciences and Epidemiology Division
Research Interests: Mental Health Service Systems, Mental Illness and Chemical Abuse (MICA), Homelessness, Multicultural Issues, Social Stigma
Academic Degrees:  BA (chemistry), MS (chemistry), PhD (medical physics)
Primary Discipline: Medical Physics
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Director, Center for Advanced Brain Imaging and Chief, Division of Medical Physics
Research Interests: Investigation of the biophysics of brain water in CNS disorders using Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Favorite Links: NYU Profile
                       Center for Advanced Brain Imaging
Academic Degrees:  BS, MD
Primary Discipline: Geriatric Psychiatry Research
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist II, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry
Research Interests: Alzheimer's Disease, Depression, Genetics in Dementia
Academic Degrees:  PhD
Primary Discipline: Anthropology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Center for the Study of Issues in Public Mental Health; Statistical Sciences and Epidemiology Division
Research Interests: Homelessness, Anthropological approaches to mental health, Poverty, Work and Mental Health, Ethics and research practice, Coercion and Treatment
Academic Degrees:  BS, MA, PhD
Primary Discipline: Psychology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist V, Clinical Research Division
Research Interests: Violence, Impulsivity, Neuroimaging, Neuropsychology, White Matter, Geriatric Depression
Favorite Links: My Profile: Community of Science
Academic Degrees:  PhD
Primary Discipline: Medical Physics
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Division of Medical Physics
Research Interests: Functional MRI, Image Processing, 3D Computer Visualization, Brain Imaging Modalitites Integration, Multidimensional Fourier Transformation
Academic Degrees:  B.A. Psychology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Assistant
Research Interests: Clinical and Research Organization
Academic Degrees:  B.Sc., M.Phil.,PhD
Primary Discipline: Neuroscience
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Chief, Peptide Research Lab., Neurochemistry Division
Research Interests: Neurochemistry, Brain-specific protein, Neuropeptide, Brain pepitdases, Drug Addiction
Academic Degrees:  B.Sc.
Primary Discipline: Neurochemistry
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Peptide Research Lab., Neurochemistry Division
Research Interests: Enzymology, Brain-specific proteins, Neuropeptides, Molecular biology, Peptidases
Academic Degrees:  PhD
Primary Discipline: Pharmacology of Alcoholism and Membrane-Biochemistry
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Senior Research Scientist VI, Division Of Analytical Psychopharmacology
Research Interests: Lipid Biochemistry, Alcoholism, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Drugs of Abuse, Gangliosides
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Academic Degrees:  MD
Primary Discipline: Psychiatry
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Fellow in Psychiatry
Research Interests: Schizophrenia, Pharmacoepidemiology
Academic Degrees:  MD, PhD
Primary Discipline: Psychiatry, Neurophysiology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Director, Program in Cognitive Neuroscience and Schizophrenia
Research Interests: Schizophrenia, Cognitive dysfunction, Event-related potentials, Psychophysiology, PCP/NMDA receptors
Academic Degrees:  Ph.D.
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Center for Dementia Research
Research Interests: The overexpression of important trafficking and regulatory proteins of the neuronal endosomal/lysosomal system; the relationship between endosomal proteolysis of APP and presenilin function; developing and perfecting monoclonal antibodies and related assays that will allow us to detect metabolites of APP.
Academic Degrees:  PhD
Primary Discipline: Economics
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Epidemiology and Health Service Research
Research Interests: Program cost effectiveness evaluations, Cost of illness studies, Reimbursement methods
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Academic Degrees:  M.A. Personality and Psychopathology
Primary Discipline: Psychology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Community Research Liaison, Clinical Research Division
Research Interests: Schizophrenia
Academic Degrees:  Ph.D.
Primary Discipline: Neurochemistry
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Center for Dementia Research
Academic Degrees:  MB, BS
Primary Discipline: Medicine
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Clinical Research Scientist, Psychopharmacology Research Program, Manhattan Psychiatric Center
Research Interests: Clinical Drug Trials in Schizophrenia, Medical Informatics (Electronic Data Capture System -Design, Implementation & Data Management)
Academic Degrees:  M.S.
Primary Discipline: Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Ph.D. Student Sackler Institute for Graduate Biomedical Sciences NYU School of Medicine Nathan Kline Institute Center for Dementia Research
Research Interests: Endosome functions in Alzheimer's Disease
Academic Degrees:  RN, BA(Fine Arts), MPA(Health Sciences)
Primary Discipline: Clinical Trials - Management
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Sr. Data Manager
Research Interests: CNS Clinical Trials
Academic Degrees:  RN, MS, CS
Primary Discipline: Psychiatric Nursing
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Clinical Research Division
Research Interests: Psychopharmacology, Schizophrenia, Aggression and Violence
Academic Degrees:  PhD
Primary Discipline: Electrical Engineering
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Head-Research Support
Research Interests: Signal analysis, Biomedical instrumentation, Administration
Academic Degrees:  PhD
Primary Discipline: Microscopy Core Facility
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Managing Director
Research Interests: Electron Microscopy, Immunoelectron microscopy
Academic Degrees:  PhD (Mathematics)
Primary Discipline: Biostatistics
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Statistical Sciences and Epidemiology Division
Research Interests: Optimal experimental design, Multivariate Bioassay, Multivariate Distributions
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Title and Research Program Affiliation: Center for Dementia Research
Academic Degrees:  PhD, MD (Hon)
Primary Discipline: Neurochemistry
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Director, Center for Neurochemistry
Research Interests: The blood-brain barrier; Cerebral transport systems; Protein synthesis and breakdown in brain; Cerebral proteinases and peptidases; Modulation of neuroreceptors by drugs such as nicotine, caffeine, cocaine, and alcohol.
Academic Degrees:  BS, MS, PhD
Primary Discipline: Biostatistics
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Director, Statistical Sciences and Epidemiology
Research Interests: Clinical trials design and analysis, estimation, cost-effectiveness analysis, health services research
Academic Degrees:  M.M, Ph.D
Primary Discipline: Neuroscience/Molecular biology/ Cell biology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Post-doctoral Research Scientist, Center for Dementia Research
Research Interests: Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Alzheimer's Disease, Neurodegerenation, Aging
Academic Degrees:  BS
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Graduate Student
Academic Degrees:  BS, MA, PhD
Primary Discipline: Clinical Psychology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Director of Communications; Research Scientist and Liaison to Families, Division of Research Support
Research Interests: Family support, education and caregiving; research dissemination and knowledge transfer; severe mental illness (schizophrenia), community mental health services; liaison to NAMI Families and Friends of NKI
Academic Degrees:  BA, MD
Primary Discipline: Psychiatry
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Deputy Director-NKI
Research Interests: Psychopharmacology (Schizophrenia), Clinical Trial Methodology, Effectiveness Research, Computer Applications in Psychiatry, Research Administration
Academic Degrees:  Ph.D.
Primary Discipline: Psychiatry and Pharmacology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Center for Dementia Research
Research Interests: The mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, and stroke.
Favorite Links: NYU Profile
                       NKI Profile
Academic Degrees:  AB, MS, PhD
Primary Discipline: Medical Physics
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Division of Medical Physics
Research Interests: Perfusion imaging and RF pulse design
Academic Degrees:  Ph.D., M.D.
Primary Discipline: Neurobiology, Neurophysiology, Neurotoxicology, Genetics
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Center for Dementia Research
Research Interests: Signal transduction during neuronal development; neurogenesis in hippocampus; telomere length change in Schizophrenia
Academic Degrees:  BS, Ph.D,
Primary Discipline: Medical Imaging Analysis and Applications in Psychiatric Disorders.
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Center for Advanced Brain Imaging, Division of Medical Physics.
Research Interests: Functional Brain MRI analysis; Quantitative and Statistic Structural Brain MRI Analysis; Geometric Shape Modeling of Brain Cortex from MR Images; Diffusion Tensor Brain MRI Analysis; Relationship between Brain Structural changes and cognitive functions; Anatomical and functional brain deficits in psychiatric diseases such as Schizophrenia, ADHD etc..
Academic Degrees:  BS, PhD
Primary Discipline: Physical Anthropology (Primatology)
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Program in Cognitive Neuroscience and Schizophrenia
Research Interests: Primate behavioral models of neuropsychiatric disorders, Psychopharmacology, MRI applications to primate models, Sociophysiology of primates
Academic Degrees:  BA, MD, MSc
Primary Discipline: Neuroradiology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Visiting Research Scientist, Division of Medical Physics
Research Interests: MRI/Functional Imaging
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Center for Dementia Research
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Academic Degrees:  MD
Primary Discipline: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Director of Outpatient Research
Research Interests: Metabolic effects of antipsychotic medications in youth, Development of psychosis in youth, ADHD
Academic Degrees:  BS, Business Administration
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Business Officer, Administration
Academic Degrees:  PhD
Primary Discipline: Neurochemistry
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Scientist VI, Neurochemistry
Research Interests: Apoptosis, Neurodegeneration, Brain Proteases, Amyloid Metabolism, Apolipoproteins
Primary Discipline: Computer Science
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Programmer/Analyst, Information Sciences Division
Academic Degrees:  Ph.D.
Primary Discipline: Cell Biology/Neuropathology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Center for Dementia Research
Research Interests: The role of the endosomal-lysosomal system in neurodegeneration, specifically the dysfunction of the neuronal endosomal-lysosomal system seen in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and possible synergism between these AD changes and aging-related lysosomal changes and the development of neuropathology.
Favorite Links: NYU Profile
Academic Degrees:  B.A., Journalism and Mass Communications, New York University; Doctoral Student, Clinical Psychology Ph.D Program, Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University
Primary Discipline: Psychology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Assistant Research Scientist, Clinical Research Division
Research Interests: Olfactory identification in schizophrenia
Favorite Links: Anderson Center for Autism
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Center for Dementia Research
Academic Degrees:  Bachelor's of Science
Primary Discipline: Biology/Animal Behavior
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Program Development Specialist
Academic Degrees:  BS, MS, PhD
Primary Discipline: Biostatistics
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Director, Statistical Sciences and Epidemiology Division
Research Interests: Design of controlled clinical trials, Estimation of parameters, Cost-effectiveness analysis, Health services research
Academic Degrees:  B.S. Chemistry
Primary Discipline: psycopharmacology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist
Academic Degrees:  MS Medical Technology
Primary Discipline: Clinical Laboratory
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Clinical Laboratory Manager
Academic Degrees:  Ph.D.
Primary Discipline: Psychiatry/Biochemistry
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Center for Dementia Research
Research Interests: The role of proteases in the pathogenesis of degenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.
Favorite Links: NYU Profile
Academic Degrees:  BA, MS
Primary Discipline: Technical/Network Support
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Network Administrator
Research Interests: Information Technology
Academic Degrees:  Ph.D.
Primary Discipline: Cell Biology/Neuropathology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Center for Dementia Research
Academic Degrees:  B.A.
Primary Discipline: Psychology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Project Manager, Volunteer Recruitment Program, Outpatient Research