Working closely with the leadership of its Research Programs and Facilities, the NKI Administration is responsible for the management and oversight of the diverse portfolio of psychiatric research.

Harold S. Koplewicz, M.D.
Director

In May of 2006, Harold S. Koplewicz, M.D. was appointed Executive Director of the Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research (NKI), making him the third person to hold that position since its 1952 founding.

Board certified in both psychiatry and child psychiatry, Dr. Koplewicz is Chair of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at New York University (NYU) School of Medicine, and is also the Founder and Director of the NYU Child Study Center and is the Arnold and Debbie Simon Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Professor of Pediatrics at the medical school. In addition, Dr. Koplewicz is the Director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the New York University Medical Center - Bellevue Hospital Center.

A graduate of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Dr. Koplewicz completed his psychiatric residency at New York Hospital Westchester Division, a fellowship in Child Psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, an NIMH Research Fellowship in Child Psychiatry at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, and the Executive Program in Health Policy and Management at Harvard University School of Public Health.

Dr. Koplewicz has served as a member of the National Board of Medical Examiners and as a Commissioner of the New York State Commission on Youth, Crime and Violence and Reform of the Juvenile Justice System. Since 1997, Dr. Koplewicz has been the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. He was also a member of the working group organized by the U.S. Assistant Surgeon General and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to address the effects of terrorism on children's mental health.

An internationally respected psychiatrist, Dr. Koplewicz is the recipient of many awards, including the 1997 Exemplary Psychiatrist Award from the National Alliance of the Mentally Ill, the 1998 Reiger Service Award from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in recognition of his work in the development of school-based mental health programs, the 1999 Humanitarian Award from Marymount Manhattan College, the 2000 American Grand Hope Award from the Aprica Childcare Institute and the 2002 Catcher in the Rye Award from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Dr. Koplewicz' research and publications have focused on diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mental disorders and he has been at the forefront of public education to dispel the myths and stigma surrounding mental and emotional disorders of children and adults. Author of more than 65 peer-reviewed articles and chapters on child and adolescent psychiatry, Dr. Koplewicz is also the author of several books, including the textbook Depression in Children and Adolescents (Hardwood, 1993); It's Nobody's Fault: New Hope and Help for Difficult Children and their Parents (Times Books/Random House, 1996), which received the Parent's Choice Award and was a "Books for a Better Life" finalist; Childhood Revealed: Art Expressing Pain, Discovery & Hope (Harry Abrams, Inc., 1999); and his most recent work on adolescent depression, More Than Moody: Recognizing and Treating Adolescent Depression (Putnam, 2002).

Jerome Levine, M.D.
Deputy Director

Dr. Jerome Levine is a Board-certified psychiatrist who received his B.A. and M.D. degrees from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Following his psychiatric residency, he served two years at the United State Public Health Service Narcotics Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. For a major portion of his career, Dr. Levine served as Chief of Psychopharmacology with the National Institute of Mental Health in Rockville, Maryland where he helped design and manage much of the Federally-supported research that serves as the foundation for modern psychopharmacology. Following Federal service, Dr. Levine joined the faculty of both the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Maryland and the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center. Dr. Levine came to NKI in 1994, when he was also appointed as a Research Professor of Psychiatry at New York University. Dr. Levine's primary interests include psychopharmacology (schizophrenia), clinical trial methodology, effectiveness research, and psychiatric research administration. Dr. Levine is a Fellow of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) and a member of the American Psychiatric Association, the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, the Society for Clinical Trials, and the Collegium Internationale Neuropsychopharmacologicum (CINP).

Thomas O. O'Hara
Deputy Director for Institute Administration

Thomas O'Hara began his tenure at the Nathan Kline Institute in 1982 as a Fiscal Administrator for the Institute's Information Sciences Division (ISD). He progressed through successively more responsible positions before being named ISD's Deputy Director in 1987. In 1999, he was appointed as NKI's Deputy Director for Institute Administration. In this capacity he is responsible for the functional areas of sponsored research administration, business office operations, human resource management and the NKI's physical plant and facilities.

Mr. O'Hara received his B.A. from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia and his M.B.A. from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. He serves as Deputy Treasurer and a member of the Board of Directors of the Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc. and is a member of the Society of Research Administrators and the National Council of University Research Administrators.

Michael Kohn, Ph.D.
Director of Research Support

Dr. Michael Kohn received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering in l974 from the New York University School of Engineering. He joined the Nathan Kline Institute in 1957, as a member of the Biocybernetic laboratory. In 1970, he became head of the bioengineering laboratory and in 1982, he was appointed as Chief of the Research Support Division, a position which he holds at present. Dr. Kohn was a member of the Executive Board of the Council of Research Scientists and is a Member and Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Research Foundation of Mental Hygiene since 1978. During his past 40 years of service, he has served on a number of different ad hoc committees of OMH representing NKI and the research community as a whole. Dr. Kohn has over 30 publications in various scientific journals and holds an academic appointment as an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at New York University.