Andrew C. Heath
Andrew C. Heath is the Spencer T. Olin Professor of Psychiatry at the Washington University School of Medicine. He is known for his research on alcoholism and behavioral genetics. He received the Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine's Distinguished Educator Award in 2009. His other awards include the International Society for Twin Studies's James Shields Award for Lifetime Contributions to Twin Research and the Distinguished Researcher Award from the Research Society on Alcoholism.[1][2] He is a charter member of the Association for Psychological Science.[3]
Education and academic career
Heath received his D.Phil. degree in psychology from the University of Oxford in 1983. He was a faculty member at the Medical College of Virginia, where he did his postdoc, until joining the faculty of Washington University in 1989. He became a full professor at Washington University in 1996, and was named the Spencer T. Olin Professor of Psychiatry there in 2000. He has been the director of Washington University's Midwest Alcoholism Research Center since it was first funded in 1999.[4][5]
References
- ^ "Award winners". International Society for Twin Studies. Archived from the original on 2018-12-16. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
- ^ "Annual Awards". Research Society on Alcoholism. Archived from the original on 2019-09-14. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
- ^ "Offspring Studies in Alcohol Research Offer New Insight Into Comorbidity". APS Observer. 16 (8). 2003-08-03. Archived from the original on 2019-04-03. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
- ^ "Andrew C. Heath, D.Phil". Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Archived from the original on 2018-12-16. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
- ^ "History Timeline". Department of Psychiatry. Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Archived from the original on 2018-08-01. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
External links
- Faculty page
- Andrew C. Heath publications indexed by Google Scholar
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