Anthony G. Phillips PhD, FRSC Dr. Phillips is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, at the University of British Columbia, and also serves as Chair of the Advisory Board for the CIHR Institute for Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction. He is a Senior Scientist in the Brain Research Center at University of British Columbia and Vancouver Hospital and Coastal Health Authority. Dr. Phillips is a highly distinguished research scholar: elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada; UBC Killam Research Prize; Canadian College of Neuropsychopharmacology award for Innovations in Psychopharmacology. Dr. Phillips' research interests are broadly based within the fields of Systems Neuroscience and Psychopharmacology and he is specifically interested in brain mechanisms of motivation, emotion, learning and memory, as keys to understanding complex disorders of brain, behavior and cognition. His research projects include 1)neurochemical analyses of dopamine function during binge, abstinence and relapse patterns of psychstimulant abuse; 2)effects of behavioural sensitization induced by amphetamine, cocaine or nicotine on natural and drug-reward processes; and 3) the role of the prefrontal cortex in working memory and executive function. Dr. Phillips has authored over 250 scholarly publications, and has mentored 15 PhD students as well as 9 post-doctoral fellows. Contact: Dr. Anthony Phillips Department of Psychiatry The University of British Columbia 2255 Wesbrook Mall Detwiller Pavilion Vancouver, BC V6T 2A1 604-822-4624 (voice) 604-822-7756 (fax) [email protected] Links:http://www.interchange.ubc.ca/neurosci/phillips.htm