Green, Michael Foster 1956-

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GREEN, Michael Foster 1956-

PERSONAL: Born July 5, 1956, in Sewickley, PA; married Eva Larson, September 6, 1998. Education: Oberlin College, B.A. (with high honors), 1979; Cornell University, Ph.D., 1979-83; University of CaliforniaLos Angeles, postdoctoral study, 1984-86.


ADDRESSES: Home—84 North Sunny Vista Ave., Oak Park, CA 91377. Offıce—Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of CaliforniaLos Angeles, 760 Westwood Plaza, No. C9-420, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1759.


CAREER: Commercial College of Pori, Pori, Finland, instructor in English, 1976; Elmira Psychiatric Center, Elmira, NY, clinical intern, 1980; Hutchings Psychiatric Center, Syracuse, NY, intern in neuropsychology, 1981-82; Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, lecturer in psychology, 1982-83; California Lutheran University, lecturer, 1985-87, assistant professor of psychology, 1987-91; University of California—Los Angeles, co-chief of Diagnosis and Psychopathology Unit, 1986-91, assistant research psychologist at Neuropsychiatric Institute, 1986-92, associate professor, 1992-96, professor in residence, 1996—, member of executive board, Intervention Research Center for Treatment and Rehabilitation of Psychosis, 1998-2000. Camarillo Neuropsychiatric Institute, Camarillo, CA, codirector of Neuropsychology Program, 1988-91; Camarillo State Hospital, research director of Clinical Research Unit, 1991-96; West Los Angeles Veterans Administration Medical Center, health sciences specialist for Psychiatry Service, 1992—; Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, member of executive board, Department of Veterans Affairs, 1998—, chief of Treatment Unit, 2001—. Guest lecturer at numerous institutions in the United States and abroad, including University of Bergen, Stavanger Teaching College, Gadjah Mada University, University of Udayana, University of Calgary, University of London, Tribhuvan University, and University of Saskatchewan; workshop organizer; guest on media programs; consultant to Schizophrenia Research Foundation of India, Lundbeck International Psychiatric Institute, Pfizer, Inc., Otsuka Pharmaceutical, and other pharmaceutical companies.

MEMBER: International Neuropsychological Society, American Psychological Society, Society for Biological Psychiatry, Society for Research in Psychopathology (member of executive board, 1995-98), California Psychological Association (master lecturer, 1998), Sigma Xi.


AWARDS, HONORS: Grants from National Institute of Mental Health, Janssen Research Foundation, and Stanley Foundation.


WRITINGS:

Schizophrenia from a Neurocognitive Perspective:Probing the Impenetrable Darkness, Allyn & Bacon (Boston, MA), 1998.

Schizophrenia Revealed: From Neurons to Social Interactions, W. W. Norton (New York, NY), 2001.


Contributor to books, including Depression in Schizophrenia, edited by R. Williams and J. T. Dalby, Plenum Publishing (New York, NY), 1989; The Neuropsychology of Schizophrenia, edited by T. David and J. Cutting, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (London, England), 1994; Handbook of Social Functioning in Schizophrenia, edited by K. T. Mueser and N. Tarrier, Allyn & Bacon (Boston, MA), 1998; Improving Cognitive Function in the Schizophrenic Patient, edited by R. F. E. Keefe, Science Press (London, England), 1999; and Cognition in Schizophrenia, edited by T. Sharma and P. Harvey, Oxford University Press (Oxford, England), 2000. Contributor of more than 100 articles to periodicals, including American Journal of Psychiatry, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, Psychopharmacology, Biological Psychiatry, Journal of Psychiatric Research, and Psychological Medicine. Schizophrenia Research, guest editor, 2002, and member of editorial board; guest editor, Schizophrenia Bulletin, 1999; member of editorial board, Cognitive Neuropsychiatry.

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