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ELKES, Joel was born on November 12, 1913 in Koenigsberg, Germany. Son of Elkanan and Miriam Elkes.
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Joel ELKES
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Joel ELKES, American physician. Award Board; Award 1969. Central Council Institute Brain Research Organization Research Committee; Mental Health Research Fund, Board of directors and Scientific Advisory Committee Institute for the Advancement of Health 1983; Board of Trustees University of Jerusalem and Haifa University; Foundations Fund Award Board.
Education
University of London and Birmingham Medical School, England.
Career
Lecturer in Pharmacology 1945-1948, Senior Lecturer and Acting. Director Department, of Pharmacology 1948-1950, Professor, and Chairman Department, of Experimental Psychiatry 1951-1957. Consultant Psychiatrist, Birmingham Hospitals and Scientific Director Birm ingham Regional Psychiatric Early Treatment Centre 1953-1957.
Chief, Clinical Neuropharmacology Research Center, National Institute of Mental Health (United States National Instituts of Health) 1957-1963.
Director of Behavioral and Clinical Studies Center, Saint Elizabeth"s Hospital 1957-1963, Clinical Professor, of Psychiatry, George Washington University School of Medicine 1957-1963. Henry" Phipps Professor, and Director Department, of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Psychiatrist-in-Chief, The Johns Hopkins Hospital 1963-1974.
Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus The Johns Hopkins University since 1975. Samuel McLaughlin Visiting Professor-in-Residence, McMaster University, Ontario 1975.
Director Department, of Behavioral Medicine, University of Louisville 1981.
Professor Emeritus, McMaster University and University of Louisville since 1985. Fellow, American Academy, of Arts and Sciences, American Psychology Association, American College, of Psychiatry, Royal College, of Psychiatry, United Kingdom American College Neuropsychopharmacology, Royal College, of Physicians, Can ada, Academy, of Behavioral Medicine. Benjamin Franklin Fellow, Royal Society Arts.
Harvey Lecturer 1962, Salmon Lecturer 1964, Jacob Bronowski Lecturer 1978.
First President American College, of Neuropsychopharmacology: President American Psyehopathological Association 1968, et cetera Chairman Wellness Forum, Kentucky 1980.
Chairman 1976.
Membership
Central Council Institute Brain Research Organization Research Committee. Mental Health Research Fund, Board of directors and Scientific Advisory Committee Institute for the Advancement of Health 1983. Board of Trustees University of Jerusalem and Haifa University.
Foundations Fund Award Board.
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Connections
Married 1st Doctor Charmian Bourne in 1943. Married 2nd Josephine Rhodes in 1975.
