Joseph C. Blader, PhD has been promoted to the rank of Clinical
Associate Professor of Psychiatry. In recommending Dr. Blader for
promotion, Mark J. Sedler, MD, Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry
and Behavioral Science, highlighted the important contributions Dr.
Blader has made to scientific research and his record of service to the
University.
Dr. Blader, who came to Stony Brook in 2003, is a
senior research psychologist in the Division of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry. During his nine years at Stony Brook Dr. Blader has received
a continuous series of grants and awards from extramural funding
sources. Currently, he is the principal investigator on a $4 million R01
grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to study
stepped pharmacotherapy for aggressive youth with ADHD. He has authored
more than 20 journal articles, written several book chapters and given
presentations at dozens of scientific meetings.
Dr. Blader is
director of the psychopathology course for the fellowship program in
child and adolescent psychiatry. In the School of Medicine, he has
served as a section leader in the course on Medicine in Contemporary
Society II. He also lectures on ADHD, research methods and principles of
psychopharmacology. He is a member of the Advisory Committee of the
General Clinical Research Center and the School of Medicine Faculty
Senate Executive Committee. He serves as a grant reviewer for the
National Institutes of Health (NIH) and is a reviewer for several
prestigious psychiatric journals.
Dr. Blader received his
Bachelor of Science degree from Tufts University and his masters and PhD
in clinical psychology from Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada. He
has a master of science degree in epidemiology and clinical research
from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He has received research
awards from the NIMH, the National Alliance for Research on
Schizophrenia and Depression, and a Career Development Award from the
NIH Pediatric Research Initiative.
Summarizing Dr. Blader’s
record of accomplishment, Dr. Vincent Fornari, Professor of Psychiatry
at Hofstra North Shore LIJ School of Medicine, described him as “a
scholar, a researcher, a mentor and a teacher who is a recognized leader
in the field of child and adolescent psychiatry research.”
