Albert Woodburn Caan

Background

Caan, Albert Woodburn was born on April 8, 1954 in New York City. Son of Albert Joseph Zijdenstad and Esther Sutherland Caan. arrived in England, 1966.

Education

Bachelor, Cambridge (England) University, 1975; Master of Arts, Cambridge (England) University, 1979; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Oxford, 1983.

Career

Research assistant, Experimental Psychology, Oxford, England, 1978-1981; lecturer, Royal London Hospital, London, 1983-1986; research fellow, School of Pharmacy, London, 1987-1988; lecturer (research and evaluation), St. George's Hospital, London, 1988-1991; research coordinator, Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals, London, 1991-1994; head of research and development, Lifespan Healthcare, Cambridge, England, since 1994. Honorary lecturer Royal London Hospital, since 1989, International Classification of Diseases-10 Primary Health Care project Institute of Psychiatry, London, since 1992. Consultant on drug research Department Health, Malta, 1991-1992.

Regional coordinator psychiatric audit Anglia & Oxford Regional HealthAuthority, Cambridge, 1994-1995, regional coordinator primary care research, since 1995. Conference organizer Mental Health, 1991, 92, 93.

Achievements

• Albert Woodburn Caan has been listed as a noteworthy Psychologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member various committees Psychiatric Research Trust, National Schizophrenia Fellowship, Motor Neurone Disease Association, Help in Need Association, London. Member Society for Study of Addiction, Brain Research Association, British Society for Mental Health and Deafness (founding member), Royal College of Psychiatrists Philosophy Group, Clinical Audit Association.

Interests

• Avocations: writing plays and poetry, painting seascapes, church history.

Connections

Father:

Albert Joseph Zijdenstad Caan

Mother:

Esther Sutherland Caan