Background
Madras, Bertha Kalifon was born on December 9, 1942 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
educator consultant neuroscientist
Madras, Bertha Kalifon was born on December 9, 1942 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, with honors, McGill University, Montreal, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy, McGill University, 1967.
Chair division neurochemistry New England Primate Research Center. Postdoctoral fellow Tufts University, Boston, 1966-1967. Postdoctoral fellow research associate Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1967-1969, 72-74.
Assistant professor University Toronto, 1979—1980, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1986-1990, associate professor, 1990-1999, professor psychobiology department psychiatry, 1999—2006, since 2009, associate director public education division addictions, 1998—2006. Deputy director for demand reduction Office National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), Washington, 2006—2009. Consultant Ontario Mental Health Foundation, 1984—1990, chairman fellowships/awards committee, 1988—1990.
Chairman radiation safety committee Harvard University, 1995—1999. Acting director New England Primate Research Center, 1998—1999. Review committee, consultant National Institute Drug Abuse, 1998—1999.
Science advisory committee Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, since 1998. Chairman faculty affairs Harvard Medical School. Member Dana Alliance Brain Initiatives.
Member science advisory board National Institute Drug Abuse Medications Development, Addiction Studies Institute Journalists.
Science fair judge. Member Society for Neuroscience, College Probs. Drug Dependence.
Married Peter Madras, June 21, 1964. Children: Cynthia Gumbert, Claudine D.