Research Faculty

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Maurice  Apprey,  PhD

Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Research Interests: Phenomenology, hermeneutics and descriptive psychoanalysis as applied to issues of ethnicity and clinical matter.

 

Jeffrey  T.  Barth,  PhD, ABCN

Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Research Interests: Closed head injury

 

Mudhasir  Bashir,  MBBS

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Research Interests:Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia, Depression

 

Scott  Bender,  PhD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Research Interests: Sports concussion, malingering, aging, cognitive effects of anesthesia.

 

Marc  D.  Breton,  PhD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Research Interests: Modeling and simulation of blood glucose dynamics and the regulatory hormones network; modeling and simulation of the effect of exercise on glucose/insulin dynamics; modeling of the heart-glucose dynamics relationship,

 

Donna  K.  Broshek,  PhD

Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Research Interests: Neurocognitive effects of epilepsy and epilepsy surgery; sports concussion and mild traumatic brain injury; gait disturbance in normal pressure hydrocephalus

 

Randolph  Canterbury,  MD

Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Research Interests: Substance abuse, epidemiology of substance abuse and AIDS, health services research.

 

Anita  H.  Clayton,  MD

Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Research Interests: Sexual dysfunction with psychiatric illness and treatment; Depression and anxiety disorders associated with reproductive-life events in women; Female sexual disorders.

 

Bruce  J.  Cohen,  MD

Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Research Interests: Coercion, informed consent

 

Daniel  J.  Cox,  PhD, AHPP

Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Research Interests: Diabetes: hypoglycemia, cognitive deficits, driving; Pediatrics: Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), encopresis, enuresis,; driving impairment with acute and chronic medical conditions

 

Zachariah  Dameron,  MD

Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Research Interests: Mood disorders

 

Felicia  Gaskin,  PhD

Professor of Research of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Research Interests: Alzheimer’s disease, autoimmune disease, cytoskeletal proteins, microtubule assembly

 

Linda  Gonder-Frederick,  PhD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Research Interests: Behavioral and Psychological Issues Associated with Diabetes

 

C.  Bruce  Greyson,  MD

Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Research Interests: Near-death experiences, suicide prevention

 

Erik  W.  Gunderson,  MD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Research Interests: Opioid dependence treatment in primary care, substance abuse medical education.

 

Karen  S.  Ingersoll,  PhD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Research Interests: Behavioral treatment development for addictive behaviors and problematic health behaviors.

Boris  P.  Kovatchev,  PhD

Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Research Interests: Biomathematics and Statistics, Specifically Dynamic Modeling of Biologic and Behavioral Processes. Resent Work Includes: Endocrine and Diabetes Studies, ADHD, Heart Rate Variability, Translational Research, and Algorithm Development.

 

Catherine  A.  Leslie,  MD

Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Research Interests: Schizophrenia

 

Wendy  J.  Lynch,  PhD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Research Interests: Behavioral Pharmacology, Sex Differences, Animal Models of Addiction

 

Vishal Madaan, MD, MBBS

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Research Interests: ADHD, childhood mood and anxiety disorders, ADHD-pediatric bipolar interface, pediatric and adult psychopharmacology

 

Gabrielle  R.  Marzani-Nissen,  MD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Research Interests: HIV psychiatry, psycho-oncology, trauma/PTSD

 

Richard  Merkel,  MD/PhD

Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Research Interests: Cultural psychiatry, ADHD, psychosomatics

 

Daniel Murrie, Ph.D

Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Research Interests: Forensic assessment, risk assessment, and juvenile justice

Jennifer Penberthy,  PhD

Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Research Interests: Assessment and treatment of psychiatric illnesses, including drug and alcohol dependence, mood disorders (chronic depression/bipolar), anxiety spectrum disorders and ADHD.

 

Lee Ritterband, PhD

Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Research Interests:

 

Jaclyn  A.  Shepard,  PsyD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Research Interests: Psychobehavioral factors and use of technology in the management of pediatric chronic illness

 

Nassima  Ait-Daoud  Tiouririne,  MD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Research Interests: Addiction Medicine, Neuroscience, and Pharmacology

 

Jim  B.  Tucker,  MD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Research Interests: Children with anomalous memories.

 

Janet  Warren, PhD

Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Research Interests: Evaluations that focus on assessing the risk for violent behavior, the examination of individuals charged with sexual crimes, and the adjudicative competency of youth in juvenile court