DENISE KANDEL, PH.D., Head of the Department of Epidemiology of Substance Abuse at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, Professor of Sociomedical Sciences and Psychiatry. Major interests: the epidemiology, risk factors, and consequences of drug use, in particular smoking; the epidemiology of substance dependence; developmental pathways of problem ...
Herbert Kleber, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Division on Substance Abuse, New York State Psychiatric Institute
Division: Substance Abuse
Fellowship: Substance Abuse Disorders
Research Interests: Addiction
Dr. Kleber has been a pioneer in research and treatment of substance abuse for over 35 years. From 1968 to 1989, he founded and headed the Drug Dependence Unit at Yale University. He then served for 2 ½ years as the Deputy Director for Demand Reduction at the Office of National Drug Control Policy in the White House.
In 1992, Dr. Kleber ...
Robert Klitzman, M.D. Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry (in Sociomedical Sciences)
Director, Ethics, Policy and Human Rights Core, HIV Center, NYSPI
Division: HIV Center
Fellowship: Behavioral Sciences Research in HIV Infection
Research Interests: HIV, Policy, Law and Psychiatry
Ethical, psychological and social aspects of decision-making among patients, providers and others concerning HIV, genetics, and other areas.
