Pletscher, Alfred
Biographical Sketch: Alfred Pletscher studied medicine and chemistry in Geneva, Zurich, and Rome. His lifelong aim was to turn the advances in basic science into clinical reality, an aim that he pursued first at the Science Department of the University Hospital in Basle, Switzerland, and later, beginning in 1955, at Hoffmann-La Roche in Basle, where […]
Pickens, Roy
Biographical Sketch: Roy W. Pickens received a Ph.D. degree in experimental psychology from the University of Mississippi in 1965. After a year of PHS postdoctoral training in psychopharmacology at the University of Minnesota with Travis Thompson, he accepted a faculty position in the departments of Psychiatry and Psychology, where he conducted research on drug self-administration […]
Pert, Candace
Biographical Sketch: In 1974 Candace Pert earned a Ph.D. in pharmacology from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where she worked in the laboratory of Solomon Snyder. Previously, she had completed her undergraduate studies in biology, cum laude, in 1970, from Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania. Pert conducted a National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellowship […]
Paykel, Eugene
Biographical Sketch: Eugene Paykel is Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at Cambridge University and was until September 2006, Editor of Psychological Medicine. He trained at the Maudsley Hospital. Topical Index: Interview History: Dates: Dec-99 Interviewer: T.Ban Transcript: Papers:
Paul, Steven
Biographical Sketch: He joined Lilly in April 1993 and served in roles of increasing responsibility within the Lilly research environment. Prior to joining Lilly, Dr. Paul served in several senior roles at the National Institute of Mental Health. Dr. Paul has authored or coauthored more than 500 papers and invited book chapters and serves on […]
Oxenkrug, Gregory
Biographical Sketch: Gregory Oxenkrug was an Associate Professor for the Department of Psychiatry of Wayne State University Medical School in Detroit, MI. Dr. Oxenkrug was also the Unit Chief of the Adult Psychiatry Inpatient Service. Topical Index: Interview History: Dates: Dec-01 Interviewer: T.Ban Transcript: Papers:
Overall, John
Biographical Sketch: John Overall was born in Texas in an historic town called Gonzales on the banks of a river called Guadalupe, educated in Texas public schools, B.S. degree from Trinity University in San Antonio, two years military at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, and Ph.D. in General Experimental Psychology from University of […]
O’Brien, Charles
Biographical Sketch: He is a native of New Orleans, O’Brien earned his MD and PhD at Tulane University. Before coming to Penn, he held residency positions in Medicine, Neurology and Psychiatry at Harvard University, Tulane, and the University of London. He was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences in […]
Noble, Ernest
Biographical Sketch: Dr. Ernest P. Noble (Professor of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, Emeritus) is a biochemist and clinical psychiatrist. Dr. Noble came to UCLA in 1981 with a distinguished academic and service career. After many years as a faculty member at Stanford University and the University of California at Irvine, Dr. Noble became the Director […]
Nemeroff, Charles
Biographical Sketch: Dr. Nemeroff was born in New York City in 1949 and educated in the New York City Public School System. After graduating from the City College of New York in 1970, he enrolled in graduate school at Northeastern University and received a Master’s degree in Biology in 1973. He received his MD and […]