Henry Kranzler

Henry Richard Kranzler (born February 11, 1950)[1] is an American psychiatrist who serves as a professor of psychiatry and Director of the Center for Studies of Addiction at the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, where he has worked since 2010. He previously was Professor of Psychiatry and Genetics and Developmental Biology at the University of Connecticut. His research focuses on addiction medicine, especially genetic and pharmacological aspects of alcohol use disorder and other substance use disorders. He is the editor-in-chief of Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research, the official journal of the Research Society on Alcohol and the International Society of Biomedical Research on Alcoholism.[2][3]

Henry Kranzler
Born (1950-02-11) February 11, 1950
Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
EducationMonmouth University (BA)
Rutgers University (MA, MD)
Known forResearch on addiction medicine
Children3
AwardsJames H. Tharp Award for Alcoholism Research from the American Society of Addiction Medicine (2014)
Scientific career
FieldsPsychiatry
InstitutionsUniversity of Connecticut
University of Pennsylvania

Early life and education

Born in Newark, New Jersey, Kranzler attended Shore Regional High School in West Long Branch, New Jersey, and went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts from Monmouth University and a Master of Arts from Rutgers University before earning an MD from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.[1][4]

References
  1. "Henry Richard Kranzler Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center. 2018-09-24. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  2. "Henry Kranzler, MD". Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  3. "Henry R. Kranzler, MD, Named Director of Penn's Center for Studies of Addiction". Newswise (Press release). 2013-07-26. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  4. "Zindel-Kranzler", Asbury Park Press, January 17, 1980. Accessed October 4, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Mr. and Mrs. Howard Zindel, here, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Leah Renee, to Henry Kranzler, Highland Park, son of Irving Kranzler, Long Branch, and the late Mrs. Esther Kranzler.... Her fiance is a graduate of Shore Regional High School, West Long Branch, and Monmouth College."


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