Professor of Psychiatry
University of Illinois at Chicago
Investigator
Office Address:
1601 W. Taylor St., Rm. 589, Chicago, IL 60612
Phone
312-355-5407
Email
Research Areas:
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Background
Education:
- Fellowship in college student mental health and psychotherapy, Department of Yale University Health Services, 1991-1992
- Residency in Psychiatry, Yale University, Department of Psychiatry, 1987-1991
- Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, M.D., 1987
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, B.A., American Studies, 1982
Honors:
- NICHD Research Career Development Awad (K24), 2010-2015
- NIMH Research Career Development Award (K01), 2001-2006
- Senior Scholar, Young Investigators Program on Trauma and Reconciliation in Bosnia, National Academy of Sciences, 2000-2001
- Seed Grant, Prevention Research, UIC, 1997
- Faculty Fellowship, UIC Institute for Humanities, 1996-1997
- Seymour L. Lustman Research Award, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, 1989-1990
- Graduated with Honors and High Distinction, University of Michigan, 1982
Professional Experience:
- Co-head, Global Health Research Collaborative, UIC College of Medicine., 2007-present
- Professor of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2005-present
- Founder and Director, UIC International Center on Responses to Catastrophes, 2003-present
- Associate Professor of Psychiatry with Tenure, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1999-2005
- Advisor to Board of Directors, Bosnian Refugee Center, Chicago, 1997-1999
- Co-Director, Project on Genocide Psychiatry and Witnessing, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1995-2003
- Consulting Psychiatrist, Bosnian Mental Health Program, Travelers and Immigrants Aid, 1995-2001
- Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1995-1999
- Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, 1992-1994