Bertha Madras

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Bertha Kalifon Madras is a professor of

ADHD, and Parkinson's disease
.

Madras earned a BSc in

behavioural biology, and brain imaging approaches.[1] She directs the Laboratory of Addiction Neurobiology, McLean Hospital, in conjunction with the Harvard Brain Science initiative.[3]

She is married to Peter Madras and has two daughters, two sons-in-law, and five grandchildren.[citation needed].

Public policy work

Madras served as the deputy director for demand reduction for the

White House Office of National Drug Control Policy;[4] She was nominated by President George W. Bush in July, 2005, and unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate in 2006.[5][6][7] In the federal budget for Medicaid reimbursement, assurances that the majority of federal employees' healthcare insurers would reimburse for these procedures, that certain State Medicaid plans would reimburse for SBI services, that the Veterans' Administration would mandate SBI for alcohol throughout the VA system,[8] and that the Federal Health Resource Services Administration (HRSA) would implement these services in underserved populations.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]

Research

Madras has authored over 130 scientific manuscripts and book chapters, and she recently co-edited a book on the Cell Biology of Addiction.[19] Along with her collaborators, she is the recipient of 19 patents.[20]

Honours

Her co-discovery of altropane was recognized by the Association of University Technology Managers in 2006.[21]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "United States of America v. Schweder, et al. (2014). "Declaration of Bertha Madras, Ph.D". Case No. 2:11-CR-00449-KJM-16, in the United States District Court – Eastern District of California. Page 2" (PDF). Retrieved August 8, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d "Bertha K. Madras, PHD | McLean Hospital". Retrieved August 8, 2017.
  3. ^ "Bertha Madras". Harvard Brain Science Initiative. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
  4. ^ "Bertha Madras, Deputy Director for Demand Reduction, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy – ONDCP". Archived from the original on August 7, 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
  5. ^ "Office of National Drug Control Policy | The White House". Whitehousedrugpolicy.gov. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
  6. ^ "Aphsa Health Services Division" (PDF). Nasmd.org. Retrieved October 19, 2011.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ http://staging.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/about/madras.html[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 10, 2009. Retrieved May 4, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ [1] Archived December 31, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ Stephanie Whyche (May 16, 2008). "Federal Workers Get Coverage for Substance Abuse Screening". Pn.psychiatryonline.org. Archived from the original on July 29, 2012. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
  11. ^ "National strategy focuses on screening: ONDCP demand reduction chief urges early intervention. (Office of National Drug Control Policy)". Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly. February 19, 2007.
  12. ^ Tim Caron; Matt Gever; Allison Colker (July 15, 2008). "NCSL Substance Abuse Snapshot, July 15, 2008". Ncsl.org. Archived from the original on September 8, 2012. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
  13. ^ "National Institute on Drug Abuse to Unveil NIDAMED, Physicians' Outreach Initiative, April 6, 2009 News Release – National Institutes of Health (NIH)". Nih.gov. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
  14. ^ "Instituto De Salud Del Estado De México". Salud.edomexico.gob.mx. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
  15. ^ "Addictologia Hungarica – What Works to Reduce Drug Use". Archived from the original on January 23, 2008.
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  18. ^ Bertha K. Madras: Office of National Drug Control Policy: A scientist in drug policy in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1187: Addiction Reviews 2; pages 370–402, 2010.
  19. ^ Madras BK. Introduction to "Cell Biology of Addiction". Editors: Madras BK, Colvis CM, Pollack JD, Rutter JL, Shurtleff D, von Zastrow M, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, pp 1–12, 2006.
  20. ^ "United States Patent and Trademark Office". Uspto.gov. December 1, 1994. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
  21. ^ Association of University Technology Managers 2006 Better World Reports: "Technology Transfer Stories: 25 Innovations That Changed the World"[dead link]

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