Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco
Associate Chief, Mental Health Service, V.A. Medical Center, San Francisco
Experience:
B.A. Psychology (with Honors), Stanford University (1963-1967)
M.D., University of California, Los Angeles (1967-1971)
Internship, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston (1971-1972)
Residency in Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco (1972-1975)
Major, USAF, Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center (1975-1977)
UCSF and VA Medical Center, San Francisco (1977-present)
Interested in psychosocial issues involving manned space missions since worked at Johnson Space Center in 1970 Over 100 publications, many involving aerospace issues
Space-related research:
Study of communications issues involving 54 astronauts and cosmonauts who had flown in space (Alan Kelly, P.I.)
Study of crew interactions involving 3 people confined for 135 days in the Mir space station simulator in Moscow. P.I., funded by ESA
Study of crew and ground interactions involving 5 US and 4 Russian crews during Shuttle-Mir program. P.I., funded by NASA
Study of crew and ground interactions involving ISS missions (current study). P.I., funded by NASA
Study of the effects of a Psychosocial Education training program on crew and ground interactions during ISS missions (current study). P.I., funded by NSBRI
Relevant Honors and Awards:
USAF Commendation Award for Meritorious Service (1977)
Faculty Exchange Scholar to the Soviet Union (1989)
Psychiatric Evaluator, NASA Astronaut Selection Program (1992 - present)
Member, Space Studies Board Panel on Human Behavior, National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences (1997-1998)
Research Proposal Reviewer, National Science Foundation (1999 - now)
Aerospace Medical Association Raymond Longacre Award (for outstanding accomplishment in the psychological and psychiatric aspects of aerospace medicine) (1999)