Background
Amass, Leslie was born on September 4, 1961 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Daughter of Erwin Harold and Faye Amass.
Amass, Leslie was born on September 4, 1961 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Daughter of Erwin Harold and Faye Amass.
Bachelor of Science, University of California at Los Angeles, 1983. Master of Arts, Boston University, 1985. Doctor of Philosophy, Boston University, 1990.
Research fellow in psychiatry McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Belmont, Massachusetts, 1990—1991. Postdoctoral fellow department psychiatry University Vermont College Medicine, Burlington, 1991—1994. Scientist II/assistant professor Addiction Research Foundation/U. Toronto, Canada, 1994—1996.
Assistant professor University Colorado School Medicine, Denver, 1996—1999. Principal investigator Friends Research Institute, Inc., Los Angeles, 1996—1999, since 2000. National Institutes of Health grant reviewer National Institute Drug Abuse, Washington, 1999.
Consultant panel member Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Washington, 2002.
Member of American Psychological Association, College on Problems of Drug Dependence (board directors 2002, Joseph Cochin Young Investigator award 2000).
Married Jonathan Kamien, August 26, 1990.