2003-2005 Established Investigator Award Recipients

Area: Neuroimaging

Jill Miranda Hooley, Ph.D.
Harvard University
Emotional Processing of Psychosocial Stimuli in BPD: An Fmri Study

Kenneth R. Silk, M.D.
University of Michigan
Emotional Dysregulation and Brain Regional µ-opioid Neurotransmission in BPD: A PET Study

Area: Treatment

John F. Clarkin, Ph.D.
Weill Medical College of Cornell University-New York Presbyterian Hospital
Continuation of the BPDRF RCT for BPD

Anthony W. Bateman, M.D.
Halliwick Day Unit, St. Ann's Hospital
Randomised controlled trial of manualised out-patient individual and group therapy for BPD

Marsha M. Linehan, Ph.D.
University of Washington
Predictors of Treatment Response in Borderline Personality Disorder

Area: Genetics/Epidemiology

Timothy J. Trull, Ph.D.
University of Missouri
Borderline Personality Disorder Features in Australian and Dutch Twin

Nicholas G. Martin, Ph.D.
Queensland Institute of Medical Research
Borderline Personality Disorder Features in an Australian Twin

Dorret J. Boomsma, Ph.D.
Vrije Universiteit
Borderline Personality Disorder Features in a Dutch Twin Cohort

Area: Psychobiology

Emil F. Coccaro, M.D.
The University of Chicago
Identification of Intermediate Phenotypes of Borderline Personality Disorder

Larry J. Siever, M.D.
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Identification of Intermediate Phototypes for Borderline Personality Disorder

Area: Diagnosis

Martin Bohus, M.D.
University of Mannheim, Germany
Diagnosis and Treatment within the Collaboration Project

2003-2005 Young Investigator Award Recipients

Area: Neuroimaging

Christian Schmahl, M.D.
University of Freiburg
Investigation of Pain Processing in Patients with BPD

Katherine M. Putnam, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin
The regulation of negative affect and borderline personality disorder: fMRI and Experience Sampling

Area: Treatment

Seth A. Mandel, M.D.
North Shore-Long Island Jewish Research Institute
Lamotrigine for the treatment of dissociative symptoms in patients with borderline personality disorder

Igor Weinberg, M.A. (Ph.D. candidate)
McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Manual Assisted Cognitive Therapy (MACT) for Deliberate Self-Harm: Pilot Testing

Eunice Chen, Ph.D.
University of Washington
Borderline Personality Disorder and Eating Disorder

Jill Compton, Ph.D.
Duke University Medical Center
A Cognitive-Behavioral Family Approach to Augment Individual Treatments for BPD

Elizabeth Schramm, Ph.D.
University of Freiburg
Computer-Based Skills Training

Area: Animal Models

Andreas Luthi, Ph.D.
Biozentrum, University of Basel
Animal models for BPD - a translational approach to study the biological substrates underlying BPD core symptoms

Ulrike Feske, Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh/Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic
Sub-Types in BPD: Cognitive Variables that Predict Aggression Against Others

Cindy Claassen, Ph.D.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Temporal Stability of Dimensional Personality Trait Expression Found in Acutely Suicidal and Traumatic Injury Patients with BPD

Eshkol Rafaeli, Ph.D.
Barnard College, New York
Using Diary Methods to Examine Within-person Affective Fluctuations in BPD Diagnosis