Mark Greenwald
Position Title
Professor/Associate Department Chair for Research
Gertrude Levin Endowed Chair in Addiction and Pain Biology
Director - Substance Addiction Research Division
Joint appointment in WSU Department of Pharmacy Practice
Office Address
Tolan Park
Detroit, MI 48201
Suite 2A, Room 225
Office Phone
313-993-3965Biography
Dr. Greenwald directs the Substance Addiction Research Division, its Human Pharmacology Laboratory and the outpatient treatment research clinic in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences at Wayne State University. He previously directed the Ph.D. training program in Translational Neuroscience at the WSU School of Medicine and currently co-directs the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) T32-funded "TRAIN@wayne" addiction neuroscience program. The NIH has continuously funded his research since 1996. He has been principal investigator on federally funded grants totaling over $30 million and a co-investigator on many other grants, has served as chair of multiple NIH and VA grant review panels, and regularly reviews manuscripts for many substance use related journals.
Education Training
Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH, 1983, B.A. (Psychology), Cum laude.1978 - 1983
Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Oberlin, OH, 1983, B.M. (Music Composition)
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 1987, M.S. (Clinical & Health Psychology) 1983 - 1992
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 1992, Ph.D. (Experimental Psychology)
Postgraduate Training
Research Fellow, Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit, Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. 1994 - 1995
Research Fellow, Addiction Research Center, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore, MD. 1992 - 1994
Research
Our research program uses complementary methods including: (1) prospective observational studies, (2) human laboratory-based mechanistic research (e.g. rapid medication screening, functional neuroimaging, drug/stress/pain challenge studies), and (3) randomized clinical trials, to advance understanding and treatment of addiction.
Research Interests
- Substance use disorders
- Psychopharmacology
- Determinants of drug use
- Development of addiction treatments
- Brain imaging
- Neuromodulation
Clinical/Research Interests
Laboratory Web Site
https://www.druglabdetroit.com