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Appendix D: Biosketches of Committee Members and Staff
Pages 325-334

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From page 325...
... He has served as principal investigator of the National Institutes of Health–sponsored trials "Deprenyl and Tocopherol Antioxidative Therapy of Parkinsonism," the "Prospective Huntington At Risk Observational Study," and more than 25 other controlled multi-center studies. He was formerly a member of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Council and president of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics.
From page 326...
... in 1992. Her current methodological research interests are in the areas of latent class modeling for genomic data and survival analysis under complex sampling and with auxiliary information.
From page 327...
... His research includes studies of contingency management interventions designed to enhance vocational rehabilitation and transitional housing programs, studies of motivational interviewing interventions designed to enhance vocational rehabilitation, studies of a supported self-employment treatment model, and studies of a harm reduction intervention for problem gambling. He has also examined the role of families and social support in health care utilization, including studies of family supports and problem recognition, treatment entry, and treatment outcome.
From page 328...
... . His doctorate is in rehabilitation psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with a dissertation focused on the use of task analysis in the national classification and utilization of state agency vocational rehabilitation personnel.
From page 329...
... He serves on the editorial boards of several journals, including Schizophrenia Research, Schizophrenia Bulletin, and Clinical Innovations in Neuroscience, and is an associate editor of Psychological Medicine. He is president-elect of the International Society for Central Nervous System Clinical Trials and Methodology, and on the scientific board of National Alliance on Mental Illness and the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation.
From page 330...
... She was previously director of the San Antonio Veterans Administration Cochrane Center, program director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Generalists Physician Scholars Program, and director of the San Antonio Evidence-based Practice Center.
From page 331...
... She led a multisite randomized trial that demonstrated substantially improved quality and better patient and caregiver outcomes from a coordinated care approach to dementia care delivery. Her research has led to enhanced clinical trials for epilepsy and multiple
From page 332...
... Research Program, where she initiated and carried out research projects exploring human genetic factors influencing HIV infection and clinical disease course. These studies were influential in uncovering specific alleles contributing to protection from HIV in East African populations.
From page 333...
... Carson, Colorado, and later served as hospital commander for the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He had several assignments at the Army Surgeon General's Office, working on military health care policies.


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