Nina Schooler | |
Birth Date: | 26 July 1934 |
Birth Place: | New York City, New York |
Nationality: | American |
Fields: | Psychiatry Psychopharmacology |
Workplaces: | SUNY Downstate Medical Center |
Education: | City College of New York (B.S.S., 1951) Columbia University (Ph.D., 1969) |
Thesis Title: | Transformational distinctions and the comprehension of sentences; the effects of schizophrenia and education |
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Thesis Year: | 1969 |
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Nina R. Schooler (born July 26, 1934)[1] is an American psychologist. She is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, as well as a founding member of the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation's scientific council.[1] She is known for her research on the treatment of schizophrenia,[2] [3] as well as tardive dyskinesia[4] and first-episode psychosis. She is a past president of the American Psychopathological Association and of the Association for Clinical Psychosocial Research.[5] She previously worked at the National Institute of Mental Health and the University of Pittsburgh.[1] The American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology established the Nina Schooler Early Career Research Award in her honor.[2]