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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
Favorite Links: Recovery in Social Contexts
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:  BS (EE), MS (EE), Ph.D. (Applied Physics)
Primary Discipline: Medical Physics
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Center for Advanced Brain Imaging
Research Interests: Magnetic resonance image analysis
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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:  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:  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:  MD
Primary Discipline: Child Psychiatry
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Psychiatrist, Statistics and Services Research Division
Academic Degrees:  M.D., M.S.
Primary Discipline: Medicine; Child & Adolescent Psychiatry; Pediatrics; General Psychiatry
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Psychiatrist
Research Interests: Functional and structural brain imaging; child & adolescent psychiatric disorders; attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Academic Degrees:  Ph. D.
Primary Discipline: Molecular Neurobiology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist; Program in Cognitive Neuroscience and Schizophrenia/ Movement Disorders and Molecular Psychiatry Division
Research Interests: Psychiatric Genetics, Neuroendocrinology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Center for Dementia Research
Academic Degrees:  M.S., applied cognition & neuroscience; Ph.D. student, cellular & behavioral neurobiology
Primary Discipline: Neurobiology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Technician, Emotional Brain Institute
Research Interests: Odor coding & memory in the olfactory (piriform) cortex.
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:  Ph.D.
Primary Discipline: Philosophy
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Assistant, Division of Clinical Research; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Hunter College; Ethics Fellow, The Bioethics Program, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Research Interests: Mental representation and intentionality; brain death and the ethics of organ donation
Favorite Links: Homepage
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.
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Title and Research Program Affiliation: Center for Dementia Research
Academic Degrees:  Ph.D.
Primary Discipline: Neurophysiology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: CDR
Research Interests: Neurodegenerative disorders, Learning and Memory
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:  B.S.
Primary Discipline: Molecular Psychobiology, Psychopharmacology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Associate, Center for Dementia Research
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
                       Ginsberg lab
Academic Degrees:  MPA - Masters of Public Administration, BBA degree in Computer
Primary Discipline: Clinical Trials
Title and Research Program Affiliation: DM Project Manager
Academic Degrees:  Bsc., Ph.D.
Primary Discipline: Biophysics
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Director , 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.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
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: Research Project Manager, Center for Dementia Research
Research Interests: Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Alzheimer's Disease, Neurodegeneration, Aging, Autophagy
Academic Degrees:  BS
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Graduate Student
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, 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
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Center for Dementia Research
Academic Degrees:  MD MPH
Primary Discipline: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Director, STEPS
Research Interests: Adolescent Suicide Prevention
Favorite Links: STEPS
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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
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:  Clinical Psychology PhD Student
Primary Discipline: Psychology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Assistant Research Scientist, Clinical Research Division
Research Interests: Olfaction and Schizophrenia
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
Academic Degrees:  BA, MAT, MLS
Primary Discipline: Library Science
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Library Director
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Academic Degrees:  Doctoral Candidate
Primary Discipline: Cognitive Neuroscience
Research Interests: Functional Connectivity and Schizophrenia
Academic Degrees:  MD, PhD
Primary Discipline: Psychiatry, Neuroimaging
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Center for Advanced Brain Imaging
Research Interests: Mechanisms of Addiction, treatment of and recovery from drug dependence, early radiologic detection of Alzheimer's disease, mechanisms and biomarkers of Schizophrenia, diffusion tensor and volumetric MRI, functional brain mapping.
Academic Degrees:  PhD, MD
Primary Discipline: Psychiatry, Cell Biology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Vice Chairman of Research, Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine; Director of Research and the Center for Dementia Research, Nathan Kline Institute
Research Interests: Molecular Neurobiology, Alzheimer's Disease, Neuronal Cytoskeleton, Regulation of Proteolytic Systems, Geriatric Psychiatry
Favorite Links: NYU Profile
                       Center for Dementia Research
Academic Degrees:  PhD
Primary Discipline: Psychology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Clinical Research
Research Interests: Aggression and Impulsivity, Cognition in Schizophrenia, Neuropsychology
Favorite Links: Publications
Academic Degrees:  PhD
Primary Discipline: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Outpatient Research, Center for Advanced Brain Imaging
Research Interests: Neurobiological Development in Children and Adolescents; Developmental Traumatology; Childhood Maltreatment; NYS Licensed Psychlogist
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Academic Degrees:  BA
Primary Discipline: Computer Science
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Manager, Reports Development and Data Extraction, Information Sciences Division
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Academic Degrees:  BSN
Primary Discipline: Psychiatric Nursing
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Movement Disorders and Molecular Psychiatry Outpatient Research Program
Research Interests: Movement Disorders, Treatment Resistant Depression, OCD, Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorders. Psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents.
Academic Degrees:  MD
Primary Discipline: Psychiatry
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Staff Psychiatrist @ CREF
Research Interests: Schizophrenia Psychopharm
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Center for Dementia Research
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Center for Dementia Research
Academic Degrees:  BS, MS
Primary Discipline: Clinical Chemistry
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Central Reference Laboratory
Research Interests: Neurotoxicology, Drug Monitoring, Substance of Abuse Testing, Endocrine Testing
Academic Degrees:  M.D.
Primary Discipline: Geriatric Psychiatry
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Psychiatrist III (Research) and Director, Geriatric Psychiatry Division
Research Interests: Geriatric Psychiatry, Therapeutics, Neurobiological and Genetic Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Disease
Favorite Links: NYU Profile
                       Geriatric Psychiatry Division
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Director, Human Resources
Academic Degrees:  PhD, MSSW
Primary Discipline: Forensic Psychology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Center for the Study of Recovery in Social Contexts
Research Interests: Community Problem Solving Courts; Intimate Partner Violence; International Development
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Academic Degrees:  Ph.D.
Primary Discipline: Biochemistry/Psychiatry
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Center for Dementia Research
Research Interests: The molecular cues that control the radial growth of axons and death of motor neurons.
Favorite Links: NYU Profile
Academic Degrees:  BA, MS, PhD
Primary Discipline: Pharmacology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Visiting Research Scientist, Neurochemistry
Research Interests: Aspartame (NutraSweet), Neuropharmacology, Apoptosis, Central Nervous System Neurotransmission
Academic Degrees:  PhD
Primary Discipline: Psychology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist IV, Program in Cognitive Neuroscience and Schizophrenia
Research Interests: Cognitive Deficits, Cognitive Remediation, Schizophrenia - Treatment Outcome; Spirituality and Serious Mental Illness
Academic Degrees:  M.S, Health Services Administration; B.S., English
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Manager of Sponsored Programs
Academic Degrees:  BA, M. Ed.
Primary Discipline: Computer Science/Psychology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Director, Information Sciences Division
Research Interests: Clinical Trials Data Management, Database Design & Development, Research Computing Support, Information Systems Development, Informatics
Academic Degrees:  M.S.
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Center for Dementia Research
Academic Degrees:  JD
Primary Discipline: law, ethics, regulatory issues
Title and Research Program Affiliation: IRB Director
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Academic Degrees:  PhD
Primary Discipline: Biochemistry
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Neurobehavior Genetic Research
Research Interests: QTL Mapping, Alcohol, Ganglioside, Apoptosis, Neuron Peptidases
Academic Degrees:  PhD
Primary Discipline: Neurobiology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist
Research Interests: Neuronal differentiation, Gangliosides, Apoptosis, Aging, Alcohol
Academic Degrees:  MBA, PhD
Primary Discipline: Health Services Research
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Health Services Research Lab, SSED
Research Interests: Mental Health Policy, Homelessness - Families and Singles, Mental Health Services, Mental Health Managed Care
Academic Degrees:  MD
Primary Discipline: Geriatric Psychiatry
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Geriatric Psychiatry Division; Research Scientist
Research Interests: Alzheimer's disease; Memory Evaluation Research Initiative; Major Depression; PS/APP Tg mice
Academic Degrees:  PhD
Primary Discipline: Pharmacology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist VII, Nathan Kline Institute,for Psychiatric Research, Center for Dementia Research
Research Interests: mechansims controlling neuronal excitability, neuronal plasticity, dentate gyrus, hippocampus, entorhinal cortex, neurogenesis, growth factors (BDNF), psychiatric illness and neurological disorders, seizures.
Academic Degrees:  MSW, LMSW
Primary Discipline: Social Work
Research Interests: Mental health care policy, child and adolescent mental health
Academic Degrees:  BS Enviromental Science BA Anthropology
Academic Degrees:  BS, MS, PhD
Primary Discipline: Neurochemistry
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Neurochemistry
Research Interests: Neurochemistry, Drugs of Abuse, Neurodegeneration, Basal Ganglia, Schizophrenia
Academic Degrees:  Masters
Primary Discipline: Bioinformatics
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Assistasnt
Academic Degrees:  PhD
Primary Discipline: Psychology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Clinical Research Division
Research Interests: Neuropsychology; Cognition in Schizophrenia; Anger Management
Academic Degrees:  Ph.D.
Primary Discipline: Psychology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Geriatrics Division, NKI
Research Interests: Quantitative evaluation of normal and abnormal behavior; brain-behavior relationships in functional neuroimaging; speech production, memory and cognition, auditory pattern recognition
Favorite Links: John J. Sidtis CV
Academic Degrees:  PhD
Primary Discipline: Mathematics
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Head, Epidemiology and Health Services Research Lab; Director, Center for the Study of Issues in Public Mental Health
Research Interests: Health Services Research, Mathematical Modeling, Biostatistics, Policy, Cost-Effectiveness Research
Academic Degrees:  BA, MA
Primary Discipline: Psychology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Program in Cognitive Neuroscience and Schizophrenia
Academic Degrees:  BS, PhD
Primary Discipline: Neuroscience
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Program in Cognitive Neuroscience and Schizophrenia
Research Interests: Schizophrenia, Neuroanatomy of the Cerebral Cortex
Academic Degrees:  BS (Pharmacy), MS, PhD
Primary Discipline: Psychopharmacology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Analytical Psychopharmacology
Research Interests: Drug & metabolite analysis in psychiatry, Analytical methods development, Drug metabolism
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Academic Degrees:  MD
Primary Discipline: Psychiatry
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Psychiatrist, Administration
Research Interests: Cost benefit of psychiatric rehabilitation, Mental health policy and insurance, Substance abuse and mental illness, Use of computers in psychiatry, telemedicine, Psychiatric education and career development
Academic Degrees:  BS (Phy), M.Sc (BME), M.Eng (Com), Ph.D. (BME)
Primary Discipline: Biomedical Engineering
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Center for Advanced Brain Imaging
Research Interests: Magnetic Resonance Pulse Programming, Medical Image Analysis, Perfusion Imaging
Favorite Links: Center for Advanced Brain Imaging
                       Child Study Center of NYU
Academic Degrees:  BS (Computer Science)
Primary Discipline: Computer Science
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Project Manager, Information Sciences Division
Academic Degrees:  MD
Primary Discipline: Psychiatrist
Title and Research Program Affiliation: CREF Unit; attending psychiatrist
Research Interests: schizophrenia, substance abuse, sucidality
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Academic Degrees:  PhD
Primary Discipline: Neurogenetics
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Program Director, Neurobehavioral Genetic Research Program
Research Interests: QTL Mapping, Brain Dopamine Systems, Alcoholism, Stress, MRI
Academic Degrees:  BA in Psychology
Academic Degrees:  BA, M.Ed. MS Ph.D
Primary Discipline: Psychology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Psychologist II /Unit Coordinator CREF
Research Interests: Dementia , Alzheimers Disease, Traumatic Brain Injury
Academic Degrees:  M.Sc., Ph.D.
Primary Discipline: Neurochemistry/Psychiatry
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist . Center for Dementia Research
Research Interests: The molecular mechanisms underlying cell signaling and neurodegeneration, with special reference to cytoskeletal phosphorylation.
Favorite Links: NYU Profile
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Academic Degrees:  BS, MA
Primary Discipline: Computer Science
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Statistical Sciences and Epidemiology
Research Interests: Schizophrenia epidemiology, Statistical computing, Simulation
Academic Degrees:  Ph.D.
Primary Discipline: Systems neuroscience
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Emotional Brain Institute
Research Interests: Sensory coding. Olfaction. Neural - behavioral relationships. Sensory dysfunction.
Academic Degrees:  Ph.D.
Primary Discipline: Behavioral neuroscience and systems neurobiology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist VII, Emotional Brain Institute; Research Professor, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, NYU School of Medicine; Professor, Graduate Program in Cognitive Neuroscience, CUNY
Research Interests: My lab and I are interested in how the mammalian brain processes and remembers information. As a model system we focus on discrimination and memory for odors in rodents. Using electrophysiological, behavioral, neuroanatomical and pharmacological approaches, we explore the neurobiology of memory and the role of experience in sensory system function. The underlying hypothesis of much of our work is that memory plays a critical role in even basic sensory discrimination. In addition, we are interested in how experience early in life can influence sensory system functional development. For example, we are interested in how disruptions of even very simple neural mechanisms during early development can lead to a cascade of long-lasting consequences for brain and behavior.
Favorite Links: Wilson Lab
Academic Degrees:  Ph.D.
Primary Discipline: Biochemistry/Cell Biology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Post-doctoral Research Scientist, Center for Dementia Research
Research Interests: Neurodegeneration, Alzheimer's Disease, Lysosomal Storage Disorders, Protein and Vesicular Trafficking
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Academic Degrees:  PhD
Primary Discipline: Pharmacology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Analytical Psychopharmacology
Research Interests: Development of GC-MS analytical methods for the quantitative determination of drugs and endogenous compounds of interest in psychiatric research
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Academic Degrees:  M.D, Ph.D.
Primary Discipline: Molecular and Cell Biology, Neuroscience
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist 5, Center for Dementia Research
Research Interests: The abnormal aggregation of proteins in neurodegenerative diseases; protein interactions, such as presenilin-binding proteins and the interactions between amyloid-beta peptide and apolipoprotein E, in Alzheimer’s disease; and the role of estrogen in the prevention of Alzheimer’s disease.
Favorite Links: NYU Profile
                       Center for Dementia Research
Academic Degrees:  MSc, Ph.D
Primary Discipline: Psychopharmacology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist, Analytical Psychopharmacology
Research Interests: Role of the endocannabinoid system in the neurobilogy of drug addiction, depression and suicide.
Academic Degrees:  PhD
Primary Discipline: Psychology
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Scientist V Clinical Research Division; Clinical Research Coordinator STAIR at Program Manhattan Psychiatric Center
Research Interests: Neuropsychology; Mental Illness and Criminal Offending; Psychopathology; Criminal Aggression and Impulsivity
Academic Degrees:  M.D., Ph.D.
Primary Discipline: Neuroscience
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Center for Dementia Research
Research Interests: Molecular basis of axonal transport and transport defect for neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS and Alzheimers, especially neurofilament aggregation and genetic dissection of neurofilament transport in vivo
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Academic Degrees:  B.A. Colgate University
Primary Discipline: Neuroscience
Title and Research Program Affiliation: Research Assistant, Clinical Research Division
Research Interests: Music and the brain, learning disabilities, circadian rhythm

Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research
140 Old Orangeburg Road
Orangeburg, NY 10962
Phone: 845-398-5500
Fax: 845-398-5510