Alan R. Sanders, , MD

• Undergraduate: BS, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
• Medical School: MD, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
• Residency and Chief Residency: Adult Psychiatry, UCLA - Neuropsychiatric Institute, and West Los Angeles - Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
• Fellowship: Psychiatry Research Fellowship as Senior Staff Fellow, Clinical Neurogenetics Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD

Genetics factors in major psychiatric disorders and behavioral traits; Mapping: genetic linkage and association approaches;  Bioinformatics.

Summa cum laude, Texas A&M University (1986)

• Howard Hughes Medical Institute Medical Student Research Training Fellow, Baylor College of Medicine (1989-1990)
• Alpha Omega Alpha, Graduated with honors, Baylor College of Medicine (1991)
• 8th Annual Bingham Award for scholarship in schizophrenia, Schizophrenia Foundation of Kentucky and Kentucky Mental Health Association (1992)
• Burroughs Wellcome Fellow, American Psychiatric Association (1993-1995)
• Outstanding Teaching Resident Award, University of California at Los Angeles - Neuropsychiatric Institute, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences (1995)
• Recipient of the 13th Annual Nancy C.A. Roeske, MD, Certificate of Recognition for Excellence in Medical Student Education, American Psychiatric Association (2003)
• Junior Faculty Development Award, Association for Academic Psychiatry (2003-2005)
• NorthShore University HealthSystem Research Institute Career Development Award (2003-2006)

• Association for Academic Psychiatry
• Examiner, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
• American Psychiatric Association
• Illinois Psychiatric Society
• Behavior Genetics Associatio

View Publications by Dr. Sanders listed in the National Library of Medicine.