Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics

Faculty Linda A. Corey Sam Chen Lindon J. Eaves Ayman Fanous Jack Hettema Kenneth S. Kendler Hermine H. Maes Brion Maher Michael C. Neale Brien P. Riley Judy L. Silberg Zhongming Zhao Steve Aggen Charles Gardner Tom Kubarych Po-Hsiu Kuo John Myers

Michael C. Neale

Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Human Genetics

Tel: 804 828 3369 Fax: 804 828 1471

Email: neale@psycho.psi.vcu.edu

P.O. Box: 980126

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Education

• 1980: BSc Psychology, Bedford College, University of London
• 1985: PhD Psychology, University of London

Professional Experience

• 1976-1977: Nursing Auxiliary, Coney Hill Mental Hospital, Gloucester, Gloucestershire
• 1983-1986: Research Worker (status of lecturer), Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, University of London
• 1986-1989: Research Associate, Department of Human Genetics, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA
• 1989-1992: Research Assistant Professor, Department of Human Genetics, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA
• 1992: Research Assistant Professor, Department of Human Genetics and Psychology, Medical College of Virginia
• 1992-2000: Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA
• 2000-present: Professor, Departments of Psychiatry, Human Genetics and Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
• 2003-present: Professor, Department of Biological Psychology, Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Honors

• 1980: Upper Second Class Honors in Psychology
• 1983: Thompson Memorial Award for Behavior Genetics
• 1994: Catell Award, Society for Multivariate Experimental Psychology
• 2000: Fulker Award, Behavior Genetics Association
• 2004: Fulker Award, Behavior Genetics Assocation (with N. Gillespie and others)
• 2004: James Shields Award for outstanding contributions to twin research

Funded Research

• R01 DA018673-01 Neale (10/04 - 09/09) PI, NIH/NIDA: Psychometric and Genetic Assessments of Substance Use
• R01 AA11408 Prescott (2002-2006) Co-I, NIH/NIMH/NIAAA: An Irish Affected Sib Pair Study of Alcohol Dependence
• R01 AG18384 Lyons (2002-2007) Co-I, NIH/NIA: A Longitudinal Twin Study of Cognition and Aging
• T32 MH20030 Neale (1999-2009) Co-I, NIH/NIMH: Research Training in Psychiatric and Statistical Genetics
• R01 MH/AA49492 Kendler (2001-2005) PI, NIH/NIMH: The Epidemiology of Mood, Anxiety and Alcohol Disorders
• R01 MH49716 Nuechterlein (2001-2007) subcontract PI, NIH/NIMH: The Transmission of Vulnerability Factors for Schizophrenia
• R01 MH65320 Van den Oord (2002-2005) Co-I, NIH/NIMH: Candidates Genes in Models of Mental Health
• R01 MH65322 Neale (2003-2007) Co-I, NIH/NIMH: Psychopathology:Models, Measurement and Classification

Research Interests

• statistical genetics
• psychiatric genetics
• structural equation modeling, Mx
• dynamical systems

Current Teaching Assignments

• HGEN619: Quantitative Genetics, Department of Human Genetics, VCU (Course director: Maes)
• International Workshops on Methodology of Twin and Family Studies, University of Colorado, Boulder CO

Selected Publications

• Curriculum Vitae with full list of publications
• SEARCH on PubMed site for most recent publications
• Publications by VIPBG faculty
• NIH Biosketch (in PDF format, font Times Roman) updated February 2006

Other Links

• Mx Statistical Modeling Software
• Personal homepage
• Dr. Neale received an NIH MERIT Award to Extend Research of Substance Abuse Behaviors
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