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Kathleen Brady, MD, Ph.D.

Dr. Kathleen T. Brady is a board-certified psychiatrist specializing in addiction psychiatry. As a Professor of Psychiatry at the Medical University of South Carolina, Dr. Brady is Director of the Clinical Neuroscience Division, Director of the Women's Research Center, Associate Director of the General Clinical Research Center (GCRC), Director of the Southern Consortium of NIDA's Clinical Trials Network, Director of MUSC's application for the Clinical and Translational Science Award and Associate Dean for Clinical Research. Her research interests are in the areas of drug and alcohol abuse/addiction and comorbid conditions such as posttraumatic stress disorder and other anxiety disorders. She has served as Principal Investigator, Co-Principal Investigator, and Mentor on numerous research projects. Dr. Brady has been very active in organizations addressing the concerns of psychiatry and addictions. She is Past President of the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse and Past President of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry. She has served on the Scientific Advisory Council of the National Institute of Drug Abuse and the Committee on Community Based Treatment of the Institute of Medicine, the National Academy of Science, as well as the Board of Directors of the College of Problems of Drug Dependence.