Jeffrey Lieberman
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| Born | 1948 |
| Residence | New York City |
| Citizenship | American |
| Fields | psychiatry |
| Institutions | American Psychiatric Association, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Zucker Hillside Hospital of Long Island Jewish Medical Center |
| Alma mater | George Washington University Medical School, Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Center |
| Known for | Schizophrenia research, NIMH CATIE study |
| Notable awards | Lieber Prize for Schizophrenia Research from the National Association for Research in Schizophrenia and Affective Disorders; the Adolph Meyer Award from the American Psychiatric Association; the Research Award from the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and the Neuroscience Award from the International College of Neuropsychopharmacology |
| Children | 2 sons |
Jeffrey Alan Lieberman (born 1948) is an American psychiatrist who specializes in schizophrenia and related psychoses and their associated neuroscience (biology) and drugs. He was principal investigator for CATIE, the largest and longest independent study ever funded by the United States National Institute of Mental Health to examine existing therapies for schizophrenia.
He was previously president of the American Psychiatric Association from May 2013 to May 2014.
Lieberman is the Lawrence E. Kolb Professor and chairman of psychiatry at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and director of the New York State Psychiatric Institute. He also holds the Lieber Chair and directs the Lieber Center for Schizophrenia Research in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia and serves as the psychiatrist in chief of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia University Medical Center.
Lieberman graduated from Miami University in 1970, and then received his medical degree from the George Washington School of Medicine in 1975. Following his postgraduate training in psychiatry at St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center of New York Medical College, he was on the faculties of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and served as director of research at the Zucker Hillside Hospital of Long Island Jewish Medical Center.
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