 |
|
|
Myron Hofer, M.D.
Sackler Institute Professor of Developmental Psychobiology
Director, Sackler Institute for Developmental Psychobiology,
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dr. Hofer's research interests have centered on the role of the parent-infant relationship as the first major environmental influence on postnatal development. He and his colleagues have explored how early maternal separation and different patterns of mothering exert long-term effects on offspring vulnerability to disease.
Through an experimental analysis of the psychobiological interactions that enmesh the infant rat and its mother, they have discovered hidden regulatory processes that have become the basis for a new understanding of the early origins of attachment, the dynamics of the separation response, and the shaping of development by that first relationship.
Currently, Dr. Hofer has become interested in theoretical aspects of development as it relates to evolution, and in defining principles that can help bridge the gap between developmental processes at the molecular/cellular and the behavioral levels.
Author: The Roots Of Human Behavior, 1981; Journal Editor: Psychosomatic Medicine, 1972-99, Behavioral Neuroscience, 1993-97, Developmental Psychobiology, 1981-present. NIMH Research Scientist Award 1968-2003, Merit Award 1986-96. International Soc. for Developmental Psychobiology (President 1980-81), American Psychosomatic Soc. (President 1982-83). Salmon Lectures 1996. Sandor Rado Lecture (2008)
|
 |
Undergraduate: Harvard University, A .B., 1950-1954
Medical School: Harvard, M.D., 1954-19 58
Internship: Mass. General hospital, 1958-19 59
Residency: Mass .General hospital, 1959 -19 60
Fellowship: New York Hospital, 19 60-19 62
Post-Graduate: NIMH Clinical Center, 1962-19 64
Post-Graduate: Columbia Univ. College of P&S., 1964-19 66
Board Certifications: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
|
 |
• Psychiatry
• Developmental Psychobiology
|
 |
Address:
NYS Psychiatric Institute
Room 4911A Unit/Box:40
1051 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10032
Phone: 212-543-5692
Fax: 212-543-5467
mah6@columbia.edu
|
 |
| I am interested in the developmental origins of psychiatric illness, in the environmental influences that shape early development, and in the early parent-infant relationship in particular.
|
 |
1. Hofer, M.A.: Ch.2: Developmental Neuroscience In: Berntson G.G. and Cacioppo J.T. (Eds.) Handbook Of Neuroscience For The Behavioral Sciences, John Wiley, New York, NY, USA, 2009
2. Hofer MA, Sullivan RM : Toward a Neurobiology of Attachment In: C. A. Nelson and M. Luciana (Eds.), Handbook of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, M.I.T. Press, Cambridge, MA, 2008
3. Brunelli SA, Hofer MA: Selective breeding for infant rat separation-induced ultrasonic vocalizations: developmental precursors of passive and active coping styles.. Behavioral Brain Research 2007;182: 193-207
4. Hofer MA: The Psychobiology of Early Attachment. Clinical Neuroscience Research 2005;4: 291-300
5. Hofer MA: The Riddle Of Development In: Lewkowicz DJ and Lickliter R "Conceptions Of Development" pp.5-29 , Psychology Press, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 2002
|
 |
|
FACULTY ONLY
|
|
|
