Christina River Institute

Nancy A. Breslin

Condensed Medical CV

PERSONAL: born Orange, New Jersey, 1957; married to Peter J. Caws; daughter Elisabeth

CONTACT: 237 Cheltenham Road, Newark DE 19711; (302)731-8112; nbreslin@udel.edu

EDUCATION: B.A. (Biology), Rutgers University, 1979; M.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1983; M.F.A., University of Delaware, 2000

MEDICAL TRAINING: National Institute of Mental Health: Senior Staff Fellowship (1989-1990) and Medical Staff Fellowship (1987-1989) Clinical Brain Disorders Branch; George Washington University Medical Center: Chief Residency, Psychiatric Inpatient Services (1986-1987); Psychiatric Residency (1984-1987); Categorical Internship (1983-1984)

MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS: George Washington University Medical Center: Acting Medical Director, Psychiatric Day Treatment Program (summer, 1995); Acting Inpatient Director, Psychiatry (spring, 1993); Inpatient Team Attending, Psychiatry (1986-1987 and 1990-1995); NIMH Neuropsychiatric Research Hospital, Washington, D.C.: Deputy Medical Director (1989-1990); Clinical Research Ward Administrator (1987-1988)

MEDICAL TEACHING (PARTIAL LISTING): George Washington University Medical Center: Board Review in Psychiatry 1996, 1998(on molecular biology, genetics, dissociative disorders, ethics, forensic psychiatry and ECT); Physician Assistant NCCPA Examination Review Course, 1995; Problem Based Learning (PBL) tutor, MS2 students, 1995, 1996; Discussion leader, Pharmacology 502, 1992-1997; Director, 3rd Year Medical Student Clerkship in Psychiatry, 1991-1997; Director, Small Group Leader, 2nd Year Medical Student Course in Psychiatry, 1990-1994; Small Group Leader and Lecturer, 1st Year Medical Student Course in Psychiatry, 1990-1993; Director and Lecturer, PGY-II Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry Seminar, Dept. of Psychiatry, 1987-1997

HONORS: Listed in Who’s Who in America, 55^th Edition; Phi Kappa Phi (University of Delaware, 2000); Alpha Omega Alpha (University of Pittsburgh, 1982); Nancy C.A. Roeske, M.D., Certificate of Recognition for Excellence in Medical Student Education (American Psychiatric Association, 1996); Clinical Faculty Award, George Washington University Medical Center Department of Psychiatry, 1990; Laughlin Fellow, American College of Psychiatrists, 1987

MEDICAL PUBLICATIONS: Book: Wiener JM and Breslin NA (editors): The Behavioral Sciences in Psychiatry, 3e. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995; Chapters: Breslin NA: Mood disorders, in: Psychiatry, 3e. Edited by Scully JH. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1996; Breslin NA: Hospital treatment of schizophrenia, in: Understanding and Treating Schizophrenia. Edited by Vinogradov S. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 1995; Reeve A, Breslin NA: Neuroanatomy and behavior, in: The Behavioral Sciences in Psychiatry, 3e. Edited by Wiener J and Breslin NA. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995; Breslin NA, Jeste DV: Genetics of behavioral disorders, in: The Behavioral Sciences in Psychiatry, 3e. Edited by Wiener J and Breslin NA. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995; Breslin NA: Clinical syndromes, in: The Behavioral Sciences in Psychiatry, 3e. Edited by Wiener J and Breslin NA. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995; Breslin NA, Weinberger DR: Neurodevelopmental implications of findings from brain imaging studies of schizophrenia, in: Fetal Neurodevelopment and Adult Schizophrenia. Edited by Mednick SA, Cannon TD, Barr CE, Lyon M. New York, Cambridge University Press, 1991; Articles: Breslin NA, Suddath RL, Bissette G, Nemeroff CB, Lowrimore P, Weinberger DR: CSF concentrations of neurotensin in schizophrenia: an investigation of clinical and other variables. Schizophrenia Research. 12:35-41, 1994; Roy BF, Benkelfat C, Hill JL, Pierce PF, Dauphin MM, Kelly TM, Sunderland T, Weinberger DR, Breslin N: Serum antibody for somatostatin-14 and prodynorphin 209-240 in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, and advanced HIV infection. Biological Psychiatry. 35:335-344, 1994; Breslin NA: Treatment of schizophrenia: current practice and future promise. Hospital and Community Psychiatry. 43:877-885, 1992; Alexander RC, Breslin N, Molnar C, Richter J, Mukherjee S: Counter clockwise scalp hair whorl in schizophrenia. Biological Psychiatry. 32:842-845, 1992; Magin G, Robinson SH, Breslin N, Wyatt RJ, Alexander RC: DNA repair in schizophrenia. Mutation Research, DNA Repair. 255: 241-246, 1991; Breslin NA, Weinberger DR: Schizophrenia and the normal functional development of the prefrontal cortex. Development and Psychopathology. 2: 409-424, 1990; Golden W, Hanchett J, Breslin N, and Steele M: Prader-Willi Syndrome in black females. Clinical Genetics. 26: 1616-163, 1984; McCormack M, Breslin N and Coppola-McCormack P: Risk factors associated with neural tube defects. Clinical Genetics. 17: 394-402, 1980