Robert Malison MD
Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit (CNRU); Director, Neuroscience Research Training Program; Chief, Cocaine Research Clinic
Departments & Organizations
Safety and Science Committee
Yale Medical Group
Office of International Medical Student Education
NIMH Research Training Program in Childhood-onset Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Psychiatry: Connecticut Mental Health Center | Division of Human Genetics | Substance Abuse Research | Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit | Cocaine Research Clinic, Yale | Adult Psychiatry | Clinical Research Patient Care
Research Interests
Neurobiology and genetics of substance dependence disorders; Psychostimulant (cocaine and methamphetamine) dependence; Drug abuse; Sleep and cognition; Impulsivity and stimulants more...
Education
- M.D., Yale University, 1987
Selected Publications
- Malison RT, Best SE, van Dyck CH, McCance EF, Wallace EA, Laruelle M, Baldwin RM, Seibyl JP, Price LH, Kosten TR, Innis RB. Elevated striatal dopamine transporters in acute cocaine abstinence as measured by [123I]ß-CIT SPECT. Am J Psychiatry 155:832-834, 1998.
- Malison RT, Price LH, Berman R, Pelton GH, Carpenter L, Sanacora G, Owens M, Nemeroff CB, Rajeevan N, Baldwin RM, Seibyl JP, Innis RB, Charney DS. Reduced brain serotonin transporter availability in major depression as measured by [123I]ß-carbomethoxy-3ß-(4-iodophenyl)tropane and single photon emission computed tomography. Biological Psychiatry 44:1090-1098, 1998).
- Sughondhabirom A, Jain D, Gueorguieva R, Coric V, Berman R, Lynch WJ, Self D, Jatlow P, Malison RT. A paradigm to investigate the self-regulation of cocaine administration in humans. Psychopharmacology 180:436-446, 2005.
