Expert Details
Psychopharmacology in Historical Perspective, Regulatory Behavior, etc.
ID: 725342
Wisconsin, USA
He has consulted for the defendants in tobacco litigation.He has consulted for the defendants in lead paint litigation.He has consulted for a provincial government of Canada in litigation over the past sterilization of people with handicaps.He has consulted for the Department of Justice of Canada in litigation over disability.He has consulted for the Department of Justice of Canada in proposed changes in marriage legislation.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1968 | Degree: PhD | Subject: History | Institution: Harvard University |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 1991 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Jason A. Hannah Professor of History of Medicine | Department: Faculty of Medicine |
Responsibilities:He is responsible for teaching medical history of medical undergraduates and students in Arts and Sciences. The post is basically a research professorship and he spends most of his time in research on psychiatry and psychopharmacology. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1967 to 1991 | Employer: University of Toronto | Title: Professor of History | Department: Faculty of Arts and Sciences |
Responsibilities:He was responsible for teaching social history/history of the family to undergraduates and graduate students in Arts and Sciences |
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Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| He has consulted extensively, frequently for the defendants in product liability cases. Also consulted for governmental units in Canada. Has never testified in court. |
Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| CINP: He has collaborated in a 3-volume collection of autobiographical memoirs of distinguished figures in psychopharmacology. |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Twice winner of the gold medal in medical history of the Royal Society of Canada. |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| He has written over 20 books and numerous articles. Most recently: "Before Prozac: The Troubled History of Mood Disorders in Psychiatry" (forthcoming Oxford University Press, 2008) |
Fields of Expertise
antidepressant drug, antipsychotic drug, benzodiazepine, drug, drug clinical trial, drug development, drug product approval, drug regulation, drug screening, Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, fluoxetine, Food and Drug Administration drug registration, molecular pharmacology, neuropharmacology, pharmaceutical drug, psychiatry, Ideal Medical Practice, pharmacognosy, addiction1, lysergic acid diethylamide, drug safety testing, opiate, hypnotic, clinical pharmacology, antihistamine, anticonvulsant drug