Lewy, Alfred J.
Biographical Sketch: Prior to moving to Oregon in 1981, Lewy was at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) in Bethesda, Maryland, working with senior colleague Thomas A Wehr. Alfred J. Lewy graduated from University of Chicago, in 1973 after studying Psychiatry, Pharmacology and Ophthalmology. Topical Index: Interview History: Dates: 6-Dec Interviewer: Davis Transcript: Papers:
Levine, Jerome
Biographical Sketch: Jerome Levine, MD is a board-certified psychiatrist. As chief of psychopharmacology at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) for more than 20 years, he helped design and oversee much of the federally-funded research that serves as the foundation for modern psychopharmacology. He is Deputy Director of the Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric […]
Lecrubier, Yves
Biographical Sketch: Dr Lecrubier is Chief editor for “European Psychiatry”, the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists (AEP) and serves on the boards of many clinical and therapeutic journals. He is Past President of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology and a member of several scientific organizations such as AEP and the New-York Academy of […]
Leber, Paul
Biographical Sketch: Dr. Paul Leber, former Director of FDA’s Division of Neuropharmacological Drug Products. Topical Index: Interview History: Dates: Dec-99 Interviewer: T.Ban Transcript: Papers:
Lasagna, Louis
Biographical Sketch: Louis C. Lasagna was born February 22, 1923, in New York City. He received his M.D. from Columbia University in 1947, interned at New York City hospitals, and spent two years as a Research Fellow at the Anesthesia Research Laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital. From 1954 to 1970, Dr. Lasagna was on the […]
Lal, Harbans
Biographical Sketch: Dr. Lal began his long and profitable career in India at Punjab University where he received his Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences. He later migrated to the United States where he completed first a Masters degree from the University of Kansas and then his Doctoral degree from the University of Chicago. Dr. […]
Kurland, Al
Biographical Sketch: Albert Kurland, M.D, was the founder of the Maryland State Psychiatric Research Center. Dr. Kurland was born in Pennsylvania to European immigrants but was sent to Baltimore to live with relatives and graduated from City College in 1932 before completing University of Maryland Medical School in 1940. He served first as an intern […]
Kupfer, David
Biographical Sketch: Dr. David J. Kupfer acts as the Thomas Detre Professor and Chair in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh. He is also director of research at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic where he oversees investigations for the department’s 200-member faculty. Dr. Kupfer received both his bachelor’s degree and his MD […]
Kreek, Mary Jeanne
Biographical Sketch: Mary Jeanne Kreek, M.D., is the Senior Attending Physician and a Patrick E. and Beatrice M. Haggerty Professor at the Laboratory of the Biology of Addictive Diseases of Rockfeller University. Dr. Kreek received her B.A. from Wellesley College in 1958 and her M.D. from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1962. […]
Koslow, Stephen
Biographical Sketch: Dr. Stephen H. Koslow, PhD has been an innovator and creative leader in the fields of psychopharmacology, neuroscience and informatics. He has joined efforts in all these fields by now helping to catalyze Personalized Medicine into a reality. He continues to run his own consulting company, and his efforts in Neuroinformatics, and special […]