Wurtman, Richard
Biographical Sketch: MD, Harvard Medical School, 1960 AB in Philosophy and Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 1956 Topical Index: Interview History: Dates: Dec-98 Interviewer: T.Ban Transcript: Papers:
Wortis, Joseph
Biographical Sketch: A disciple of the English psychologist and writer Havelock Ellis, Dr. Wortis held a fellowship in psychiatry under the guidance of Ellis and Dr. Adolf Meyer from 1934 to 1941. On Ellis’s advice, Dr. Wortis undertook a didactic analysis — for educational purposes — with Freud in Vienna for nearly four months in […]
Woods, James
Biographical Sketch: The research in James H. Wood’s laboratory focuses on behavioral and pharmacological factors affecting self-administration of drugs in animals including mechanisms of tolerance and dependence, characterization of compounds with novel opioid mechanisms, and the excitatory amino acids. Research and Teaching Interests Behavioral pharmacology, behavioral aspects of drug dependence, motivation, and reinforcement theory. James […]
Winokur, Andrew
Biographical Sketch: Dr. Winokur is Director of the Neuropsychopharmacology Treatment, Research and Training Center (NTRTC) in the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. He participates in clinical trials with established and investigational drugs for the treatment of mood and anxiety disorders. He has a particular interest in effects of antidepressant […]
Whybrow, Peter
Biographical Sketch: Born in England, Dr. Whybrow received his training in endocrinology and psychiatry in London and North Carolina and was a member of the scientific staff of the British Medical Research Council before migrating to America to join the faculty of Dartmouth Medical School where he served as Chairman of Psychiatry and later as […]
Wheatley, David
Biographical Sketch: Topical Index: Interview History: Dates: Dec-97 Interviewer: L.Hollister Transcript: Papers:
Wender, Paul
Biographical Sketch: B.S., 1969, Wilkes College; Ph.D., 1973, Yale University Research Area: Organic, Organometallic, Synthesis, Catalysis, Chemical Biology, Imaging, Drug Delivery, Molecular Therapeutics. Topical Index: Interview History: Dates: Dec-02 Interviewer: T.Ban Transcript: Papers:
Weissman, Myrna
Biographical Sketch: Until 1987, Dr. Myrna Weissman was a Professor of Psychiatry and Epidemiology at Yale University School of Medicine and Director of the Depression Research Unit. She was a Visiting Senior Scholar (1979-1980) at the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C. 1974 she received a Ph.D. in chronic disease epidemiology from […]
Wayner, Matthew J.
Biographical Sketch: His research interests include the hypothalamus which regulates many vital physiological functions including eating and drinking, and body composition and weight. Research in his laboratory has emphasized the relevant hypothalamic transmitters involved and their interactions with psychoactive substances such as amphetamine and caffeine which affect eating and drinking. They have also determined the […]
Way, E. Leong
Biographical Sketch: E. Leong Way, Ph.D. initially trained as a pharmacist and then earned his doctorate in pharmaceutical chemistry. Early in his career, he became interested in the biodisposition of opiate alkaloids. He began working with meperidine (Demerol) in the mid-1940s, later studying heroin and morphine as well. A long-time faculty member at the University […]