EDUCATION & TRAINING

BS, Biochemistry, 1990
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey

PhD, Molecular Biology, 1999
Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey

MBA, Finance, 2006
Fordham University Graduate School of Business, New York, New York

United States Naval Reserve, Hospital Corps, 1987 - 1995
Co G, 2nd Bn, 25th Marine Regiment


FORMER ACADEMIC POSITIONS

2006 - 2010, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry,
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

2000 - 2006, Postdoctoral Fellow and Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY


AWARDS

National Research Service Award from the National Institute of Mental Health (May 2002)

The Young Investigator Award from the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia And Depression (April 2002)

Career Development Award from the National Institutes of Mental Health (April 2006)

Merck & Co. Community Advisory Panel Mini-Grant - sponsored by Bridgeway Rehabilitative Services, Inc. (February 2008)


INVITED LECTURES

Children and Adults with ADHD (CHADD) Annual Conference (2002)
Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Conference (2004, 2009)
IBC's 6th Annual Conference on Personalized Medicine (2004)
1rst Annual Imaging Genetics Conference (2005)
"Attentive Speaker" symposium, Nijmegan University (2008)
NJ PACT Annual Conference (2008)
NY ACT First Annual Conference (2008)
NJ Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association Annual Meeting (2008)