Vinar, Oldrich
Biographical Sketch: M.D, DrSc. Department of Psychiatry,1st Medical School, Charles University, Prague. Topical Index: Interview History: Dates: Dec-95 Interviewer: L.Hollister Transcript: Papers:
Van Praag, Herman
Biographical Sketch: Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Albert Einstein College of Medicine Professor van Praag is without question one of the foremost psychiatrists and researchers in the field of neuropsychopharmacology of the second half of the twentieth century. His influence in this area has been enormous and even extends far beyond […]
Van Kammen, Daniel
Biographical Sketch: Daniel P. van Kammen MD, PhD has joined as Chief Medical Officer. As such he will be responsible for the clinical development efforts of CHDI, Inc. CHDI was established in 2003 as a non-profit entity pursuing a biotech approach to finding therapies for Huntington disease (HD). Dr. van Kammen brings almost 10 year […]
Uhlenhuth, E.H.
Biographical Sketch: Uhlenhuth is a distinguished Professor Emeritus in Psychiatry at the University of New Mexico. M.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1951 Internship, Harborview Hospital, Seattle, WA, 1951-52 Residency, Johns Hopkins University, 1952-1956 Areas of Specialization: Pathogenesis, psychopathology, and treatment of anxiety and depressive disorders; pharmacoepidemiology; teaching & supervising residents; mentoring residents and faculty Topical Index: […]
Turner, William J.
Biographical Sketch: To provide a glimpse of the depth of his interest in research, his first peer-reviewed paper was published in 1935; his last in 1995. For 60 of his 98 years he published scientific information relevant to the understanding, care, and treatment of the mentally ill. As a research scientist, biochemist, psychiatrist, and geneticist, […]
Tollefson, Gary
Biographical Sketch: Dr. Tollefson, who held a medical degree in psychiatry and a Ph.D in psychopharmacology, is perhaps best known for his work at Eli Lilly and Company, where as a past president of the Neuroscience Product Group, he directed programs for schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease, depression and other related disorders. His leadership led to drugs […]
Szara, Stephen
Biographical Sketch: Szára was the first to scientifically study the psychotropic effects of N,N-Dimethyltryptamine (DMT), performing research with volunteers in the mid-1950s. Szára had turned his attention to DMT after his order for LSD from the Swiss company Sandoz Laboratories was rejected on the grounds that the powerful psychotropic could be dangerous in the hands […]
Sulser, Fridolin
Biographical Sketch: Professor of Psychiatry, Emeritus and Professor of Pharmacology, Emeritus Fridolin Sulser received a M.D. from the University of Basel in 1955. He came to Vanderbilt’s School of Medicine in 1965 as a professor of pharmacology and was appointed a professor of psychiatry in 1986. His research has generated new heuristic concepts on the […]
Sugerman, Adam Arthur
Biographical Sketch: Adam Sugerman, formerly Medical Director of the Carrier Foundation in Belle Mead, New Jersey, USA. He died, aged 77, on 24 January 2007 at Temple University Hospital, from complications of heart surgery. He was part of a generation of researchers who abandoned the psychoanalytic model of psychiatry to focus on pharmacological solutions. He […]
Stein, Larry
Larry Stein 1943 Larry Stein 1949 Larry Stein Mario Negri Milan IT 1966 Larry Stein Leonard Cook Joseph Brady ACNP 1987 Click to enlarge Biographical Sketch: Larry Stein’s pioneering work was on the neurochemical mechanisms of reward. Born in New York City in 1931, he received his BA from NYU and a PhD in […]