Dr. Raymond Anton
Distinguished University Professor
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Director, Center for Drug & Alcohol Programs
Director, Clinical Neurobiology Laboratory |
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Education | Rutgers College, New Brunswick, NJ | B.A. | 1972 | Biosciences | | Rutgers School of Medicine, New Brunswick, NJ | M.D. | 1976 | Medicine | | Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, CT | Internship | 1977 | Medicine | | Yale New Haven Hospital & Connecticut Mental Health Center, New Haven, CT | Residency | 1980 | Psychiatry | | Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT | Postdoctoral | 1980 | Psychiatry |
Professional Experience | 1980-1985 | Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC, Charleston, SC | | 1980-1988 | Staff Psychiatrist, Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, SC | | 1984-1988 | Director, Psychopharmacology Research, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, SC | | 1985-1991 | Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC, Charleston, SC | | 1988-present | Director, Clinical-Neurobiology Laboratories, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC, Charleston, SC | | 1991-present | Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC, Charleston, SC | | 1993-2001 | Director, Alcohol Medication Studies, Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs, MUSC, Charleston, SC | | 1995-present | Scientific Director for Clinical Research, Charleston Alcohol Research Center, MUSC, Charleston, SC | | 2001-present | Director, Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs, MUSC, Charleston, SC | | 2002-present | Distinguished University Professor, MUSC, Charleston, SC |
Awards and Honors
| 1991 | NIAAA Alcohol Psychosocial Research Review Committee (Member Clinical & Treatment Subcommittee; Chair, 1993-1994) | | 1992 | NIAAA Working Group on Methodology in Clinical Treatment Research Trials | | 1992 | NIAAA Task Force on Revision of the Treatment Assessment Manual | | 1996 | American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (elected member) | | 1997 | American Society of Addiction Medicine (diplomat) | | 1997 | Added Qualifications in Addiction Psychiatry | | 1999 | Board of Directors, Research Society on Alcoholism | | 1999-2002 | Board of Scientific Counselors of the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism | | 2000-present | Member, Board of reviewing Editors, Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research | | 2000-present | Chairman, Steering Committee, COMBINE Study | | 2001 | Treasurer, Research Society on Alcoholism | | 2003 | American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (elected fellow) | | 2005 | Vice-Chairman, Board of Trustees, Alcohol Beverage Medical Research Foundation | | 2007-2008 | President, Research Society on Alcoholism | | 2008 | Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association | | 2009 | Diplomate, American Board of Addiction Medicine |
Recent Publications
Anton RF. Combined pharmacotherapies and behavioral interventions for alcohol dependence. Psychiatric Times 28(6):1-6, 2011. Anton RF, Myrick H, Wright TM, Latham PK, Baros AM, Waid LR & Randall PK. Gabapentin combined with naltrexone for the treatment of alcohol dependence. American Journal of Psychiatry 168(7):709-717, 2011. Cui DH, Zhang H, Yang B-Z, Listman JB, Li D, Price LH, Carpenter LL, Tyrka AR, Anton RF, Kranzler HR & Gelernter J. Variation in NGFB is associated with primary affective disorders in women. American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric Genetics 156(4):401-412, 2011. PMCID: PMC3108453 Han S, Yang BZ, Kranzler HR, Oslin D, Anton R & Gelernter J. Association of CHRNA4 polymorphisms with smoking behavior in two populations. American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric Genetics 156(4):421-429, 2011. Herman AI, Conner TS, Anton RF, Gelernter J, Kranzler HR & Covault J. Variation in the gene encoding the serotonin transporter is associated with a measure of sociopathy in alcoholics. Addiction Biology 16(1):124-132, 2011. PMCID: PMC2888710 Schacht JP, Anton RF, Randall PK, Li X, Henderson S & Myrick H. Stability of fMRI striatal response to alcohol cues: A hierarchical linear modeling approach. NeuroImage 56(1):61-68, 2011. PMCID: PMC3066261 |
