Background
Wehr, Thomas A. was born on October 15, 1941 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Son of Elmer A. and Lillian (Ashby) Wehr.
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Thomas A. Wehr
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Bachelor in English Literature, Yale University, 1965; Doctor of Medicine, U. Louisville, 1969.
Career
Intern, Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago, 1969-1970;
resident in psychiatry, Yale University School Medicine, New Haven, 1970-1973;
clinical associate section psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1973-1975;
medical research officer, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1975-1976;
staff psychiatrist, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1976;
chief clinical research unit, clinical psychobiology branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1977-1984;
chief clinical psychobiology branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland., since 1982;
private practice psychiatry, Bethesda, Maryland., since 1977. Instructor Washington School Psychiatry, 1976-1978. Visiting professor U. Naples Med.Sch., Italy, 1984.
Adjunct Professor department biological science U. Maryland., since 1986. International advisory board Center Design Industrial Schedules. Advisory board Society Research Biological Rhythms.
Achievements
Membership
Medical director United States Public Health Service, 1973-1975, 76-. Member American Psychiatric Association, American College Neuropsychopharmacology, Society Biological Psychiatry, Society Light Treatment and Biological Rhytms (vice president 1992-1993, chairman annual meeting science program committee 1992-1993), International Society Psychoneuroendocrinology, International Society Chronobiology, Society Research Biological Rhythms, Sleep Research Society.
Connections
Married Elizabeth Barker Jones, March 30, 1963. 1 child, David Rowan.
