Michael H. Ebert, M.D., former chair of psychiatry at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, was appointed professor of psychiatry at Yale, chief of staff of the VA Connecticut Healthcare System and associate dean for veterans affairs at the School of Medicine last fall. Ebert’s focus has been in clinical pharmacology. He directed a clinical research program in the section of experimental therapeutics, part of the intramural program of the National Institute of Mental Health. Ebert serves as director of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) and is director of the Psychiatry Council and vice president of the ABPN. He also serves on the residency review committee for psychiatry of the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education and occupies a seat on the American Board of Medical Specialties. Ebert was recently elected to the executive council of the Association of American Medical Colleges and is a representative to the Council of Academic Societies.