CURRICULUM VITAE Name: Alan Apter Identity No.: 1249719 Place of Work: Schneiders Children's Medical Center of Israel 1962-1968 Medical School, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. 1977-1979 Fellowship in Child Psychiatry, George Washington University Medical School, Washington D.C., U.S.A. 1987-1988 Senior Belfer Fellow in Biological Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, N.Y., U.S.A. 1990 - Chairman, Board of Examiners in Child Psychiatry, Scientific Council of the Israel Medical Association. 1996 - Chairman, Dept of Psychiatry, Sackler School of Medicine, University of Tel Aviv 1996 Professor Psychiatry, Sackler School of Medicine University of Tel Aviv 1998- Visiting Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 2006 – Foreign Adjunct Professor Karolinska Institute, Stockholm Sweden D. CLINICAL EXPERIENCE 1969 – 1970: Internship, Tel Ha-Shomer Hospital. 1970 – 1973: Physician, Israel Defense Forces. 1973 – 1977: Resident in Psychiatry, Geha Psychiatric Hospital. 1976 – 1977: Clinical Endocrinology, Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tikva. 1977 - 1979 Fellow in Child Psychiatry, Children's Hospital, National Medical Center, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. 1979 - 1982 Acting Deputy Director, Adolescent Unit, Geha Psychiatric Hospital. 2 1982 - 1989 Deputy Director, Adolescent Unit, Geha Psychiatric Hospital. 1988 - 1989 Director, Child and Adolescent Emergency Unit, Geha Psychiatric Hospital. 1989 - Director, Adolescent Unit, Geha Psychiatric Hospital. 1992-1993 - Director, Child and Adolescent Division, Geha Psychiatric Hospital 1995 - Director, Child and Adolescent Division, Geha Psychiatric Hospital 1999- Director, Child and Adolescent Division, Schneiders Childrens Medical Center of Israel E. ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL AWARDS 1967: Alice Cox Prize in Psychiatry, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. 1976: Diploma in Psychiatry with honors, Tel Aviv University 1980: Specialty exams with honors. Scientific Council of Israel Medical Association. 1982: Lea Pecheris Prize for a paper on Psychotherapy. University of Tel Aviv Medical School, Institute of Psychotherapy. 1988: Preliminary grant ($2,000) for an investigation into the Epidemiology of Tourettes disorder. International Tourette Association. 1989: Grant ($23,000) for research into the epidemiology of Tourette Syndrome International Tourette Association. 1990: Grant of $5000 from Yale Child Study Center for Research on suicide in adolescence. 1991: Grant of $10,000 from Freund Fund for research on Tourettes Syndrome. 1991. Grant of additional $5000 from Yale Child Study Center for research on suicide in adolescence. 3 1992. Grant of $10,000, W.T. Grant Foundation for research on suicide in adolescence. 1992. Grant of 24,000 NIS from the Chief Scientist's Office, Ministry of Health for a study of "15 year follow up of psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents". 1993. Grant of additional $25,000 from Yale Child Study Center for research on suicide in adolescence. 1994 Grant of 30,000 NIS from Bar Ilan University for research on cognitive deficits in adolescent schizophrenia 1995.Grant for $15,000 Freund Fund for research on Tourette syndrome related syndromes. 1995. Grant for $25,000 from Baron De Hirsch Fund for research on immigration of adolescents to Israel. 1996. Grant for $45,000 from the Shuer Foundation for research on adolescence. 1999 German Israel Fund (240,000 DM) Molecular genetic study of Anorexia Nervosa 2001 Gertner Institute (500,000 NIS) for the Epidemiology of Psychiatric Disorders in Children and Adolescents 2002 Binational Science Foundation ($120,000) Molecular genetic study of suicide. 2002 Psychobiology Institute of Israel ($25,000) Biology of Obsessive compulsive disorder in children 2003 Yale Child Study Center ($7,000) for Suicide in Adolescence 2004 American Foundation for Suicide Prevention ($20,000) mental pain, communication and suicide 2004 National Institute of Mental Health $500,000 for Post Trauma in Children 2005. Karolinska Institute $100,000 for research on the Genetics of Suicide in a Bedouin Family 2006. Tourette Syndrome Association $50,000 for research on Tics 4 2006. Distinguished Investigator Award, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention ($1000, 000) 2006 Curie Award, Tic Disorders, European Union E80, 000 2007 Ackerman Foundation, 20,000 NIS Collaboration between psychology and psychiatry 2008 Adler Foundation, 20,000 NIS, Appraisal and Reappraisal in Childhood Anxiety Disorder 2008 European Union, 300,000E, "Saving Young Lives in Europe" A study of suicide prevention for young people 2010 Israel Ministry Of Health 360,000NIS Emotional Regulation in Anxious Children 2010 European Union, 300,000E, "We Staye " A study of truancy prevention for young people 2011 Israel Organization of Insurance Companies 1000,000 NIS Childhood PTSD and head injury after motor vehicle accidents F. ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS and PAPERS PRESENTED AT SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS 1. A. Apter and S. Tyano: Dimensions of adolescent in-patient behavior, 16th National Congress of Israel Pediatric Association, Tel Aviv, 1975. 2. A. Apter and S. Tyano Sex education in an in-patient ward. International Symposium on Sex and the Disabled, Tel Aviv, 1976. 3. A. Apter and S. Tyano Diagnosis in adolescent psychiatric in-patients. International Forum of Adolescence. Jerusalem, 1976. 4. A. Apter, D. Lombroso, S. Tyano and H. Wijsenbeek Sex education with mentally ill adolescents .International Forum on Adolescence. Jerusalem, 1976. 5. I. Sharir, A. Apter, S. Tyano and R. Weisenberg Movement therapy for severely 5 disturbed adolescents.8th International Congress of Psychopathology of Expression. Jerusalem, 1976. 6. D. Levine, S. Tyano and A. Apter Group therapy with psychotic adolescents. International Forum on Adolescence. Jerusalem, 1976. 7. A. Apter, S. Tyano and H. Wijsenbeek A psychiatric in-patient setting for adolescents. International Forum on Adolescence. Jerusalem, 1976. 8. A. Apter, A. Inbar, S. Tyano and H. Wijsenbeek Psychosocial aspects of the Milwaukee brace. World Congress of Psychiatry, Hawaii, 1977. 9. S. Tyano, A. Apter and H. Wijsenbeek The significance of the teachers strike for adolescents. International Union of School and University Medicine Congress, Jerusalem, 1979. 10. A. Apter and A. Galatzer Psychological aspects of adolescent developmental endocrinopathies. International Union of School and University Health Congress, Jerusalem, 1979. 11. A. Apter Phenomenology of childhood depression. World Congress of Behaviorism, Jerusalem, 1980. 12 L.von London, I. Dagan, A. Apter, S. Tyano and H. Wijsenbeek Sex education with psychotic adolescents. Congress on Sex and the Disabled, Haifa, 1981. 13. A. Apter, M. Borengasser, L. Citryn and D. McKnew Natural course of childhood depression. American Psychiatric Congress, New Orleans, 1981. 14. S. Tyano and A. Apter Structured psychiatric interview for adolescents. International Congress of Child Psychiatry, Dublin, 1982. 15. A. Apter : Psychiatric aspects of developmental endocrinopathy. International Congress of Child Psychiatry, Dublin, 1982. 16. A. Apter, N. Gonen and Z. Dickerman Effects of chlorpromazine on H-P-A in adolescent schizophrenics C.I.N.P., Jerusalem, 1982. 17. A. Ram, A. Apter and S. Tyano Dexamethasone suppression test for depression in adolescence. Medax, Jerusalem, 1983. 18. E. Bernholdt, A. Apter and S. Tyano The treatment of severe obsessive compulsive disorder in adolescence. Medax, Jerusalem, 1983. 6 19. A. Apter and M. Skuy: Cognitive modifiability in adolescent schizophrenia, 11th World Congress of Child Psychiatry and Allied Professions, Paris, 1986. 20. A. Apter and S. Tyano: Suicidal behavior in hospitalized adolescents.11th World Congress of Child Psychiatry and Allied Professions, Paris, 1986. 21. A. Apter, R. Plutchik and H. van Praag: Serotonergic clusters in suicidal and violent patients. American Psychiatric Association, San Francisco, 1988 (invited presentation). 22. A. Apter Psychometric variables in suicidal and violent patients, Congress on Biological Psychiatry, Jerusalem, 1988. 23. A. Apter and S. Tyano Behavioral aspects of temporal lobe epilepsy. World Congress of Psychiatry, Athens, 1989. 24. S. Tyano and A. Apter Conduct disorder, suicidality and depression. World Congress of Psychiatry, Athens, 1989. 25. M. Kotler, A. Molcho and A. Apter Coping mechanisms and suicide. American Psychiatric Association, New York, 1990. 26. A.Apter and S. Tyano Eating attitudes in different ethnic groups International Congress on Eating Disorders Paris 1991 27. S.Tyano and A. Apter Suicidality and depression in anorexia nervosa International Congress on Eating Disorders Paris 1991 28. N. Horesh , A.Apter et al. Life events and anorexia nervosa International Congress on Eating Disorders Paris 1991 29. G. Ratzoni, A. Apter et al. Defense mechanisms and anorexia nervosa International Congress on Eating Disorders Paris 1991 30. A.Apter Youth suicide American Psychiatric Association New Orleans 1991 (invited presentation) 31. A.Apter Epidemiology of Tourette Syndrome International congress of TS association Boston 1991 (invited presentation) 32. A. Apter, G Ratzoni and T. Weizman Epidemiology of Obsessive compulsive disorder in Israel International congress of adolescent psychiatry Chicago 1992 (invited presentation) 7 33. A. Apter, R. King and D. Cohen Suicide in adolescence American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Washington D.C. 1992. 34. A. Apter et al. Fluvoxamine in adolescent OCD and depression American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry San Antonio Texas 1993 35. A. Apter. Suicidal behavior in adolescence. 13th International Congress of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions San Francisco CA. July 1994. 36. A. Apter. Anxiety disorders in adolescence. 13th International Congress of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions San Francisco CA. July 1994. 37. A. Apter et al. Psychosocial diagnosis in adolescence. 13th International Congress of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions San Francisco CA. July 1994. 38. R. Ohring and A. Apter. State and trait anxiety in adolescent inpatient suicide attempters. 41st Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry New York October 1994 39. A. Apter, A Bleich and R. King. Fatal and non fatal suicidal behavior in Israeli adolescent males. 41st Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry New York October 1994. 40. D. Gothelf and A. Apter. Defense mechanisms in suicidal and violent adolescents. 41st Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry New York October 1994. 41. D. Gothelf and A. Apter. Defense mechanisms in severe anorexia nervosa . 41st Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry New York October 1994. 42. A. Apter. "Death with and without warning" Research Seminar, Western Psychiatric Institute, University of Pittsburgh, October, 1994 (invited presentation) 42. A. Apter. Violence among Israeli adolescents U.S.A.- Israel Working Group on Adolescent Health Jerusalem November 1994 (invited presentation) 43. A. Apter. Violence among Israeli adolescents U.S.A.- Israel Working Group on Adolescent Health Jerusalem November 1994 (invited presentation) 8 44. A. Apter. Juvenile Homicide. International Conference on Forensic Psychiatry. Asaf Harophe Israel 1995 (invited presentation) 45. A. Apter and S. Tyano. Defense mechanisms and suicide. Symposium on Suicidal Behavior. Budapest August 1996 46. A. Apter and S. Tyano. Axis 5 of the ICD 10. World Congress of Psychiatry Madrid August 1996 (invited presentation) 47. A. Apter. Genetics of Adolescent suicidal behavior. Suicide Symposium. Corck Ireland September 1996 (invited presentation) 48. A. Apter. Adolescent suicide. Research Symposium. Bangor Wales September 1996 (invited presentation) 49. A. Apter. Adolescent suicide. European Suicide Symposium Lundt Sweden 1996 (invited presentation) 50. A. Apter. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in adolescence. Research Symposium Western Psychiatric Institute Pittsburgh USA. October 1996 (invited presentation) 51. A. Apter. Adolescent suicide. Congress of the Turkish Child Psychiatric Association, Anatalya May 1997 (invited presentation) 52. A. Apter. Life events and affective disorders. Research Symposium Western Psychiatric Institute Pittsburgh USA. October 1997 (invited presentation) 53. A. Apter. Psychosexual disorders in adolescence. Adolescent Section. Turkish Psychiatric Association Ankara December, 1997. (invited presentation) 54. A. Apter. Personality Dimensions in Suicidal Behavior. European Symposium on Suicide Gent Belgium 1998 (invited presentation) 55. A. Apter. Personality Dimensions in Suicidal Behavior. European Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Hamburg 1999(invited presentation) 56. A. Apter Schizophrenia and Suicide in Adolescence European Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Hamburg 1999 (invited presentation) 57. A. Apter. Schizophrenia and Suicide in Adolescence Research Symposium Western Psychiatric Institute Pittsburgh USA. October 1999 (invited presentation) 58 A. Apter. Suicidal Behavior in Borderline Personality International Association of Suicide Prevention meeting. Athens 1999(invited presentation) 9 59 Chen S, Goren A and Apter A : Dynamic changes in schizophrenic language Georgetown University Round Table (GURT) 2000 60. A. Apter. Suicide in Adolescence. Austrian Suicide Society meeting Graz. 2000 ((invited presentation) 61. Banaroya N., Hollander N., Wilf A., Yaniv I., Apter A., Pick G. Effect of environmental enhancement on tumor survival, natural killer cell activity and behavior. Annual Meeting of the Cancer Biology Research Center 2003. G.MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES South African Medical Association Israel Medical Association Israel Psychiatric Association (Member of Central Executive Council) American Academy of Child Psychiatry (Member of Committee for International Relations) American Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine Israel Child Psychiatry Association: Member of Training Committee Secretary/Treasurer/President Elect/ President(1996). International Society for Adolescent Psychiatry (Member of the Council of Delegates) European Psychiatric Association International Academy of Suicide Research Editorial Boards 1. Israel Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences. 2. Journal of Neural Transmission 3. Archives of Suicide Research (Associate Editor) 4. European Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 5. Journal of Child Psychiatry and Psychology 10 G4. RESIDENTS' BASIC SCIENCE PROJECTS 1981: Rachel Blumenson, M.D.: Use of the Hebrew version of the Child Behavior Checklist for Israeli adolescents. 1981: Aliza Ring, M.D.: Symptom reliability of the K- SADS-P in hospitalized adolescents. 1982: George Portnoy, M.D.: Diagnostic reliability of the K-SAD-P in hospitalized adolescents. 1983: Avi Bleich, M.D.: Affective symptomatology in hospitalized adolescents. 1984: Yifrach Kaminer, M.D.: Psychopathology and epilepsy in adolescence. 1985: Z. Dolev, M.D.: Suicide in adolescence. 1986: Y. Poliekevich, M.D.: Circadian rhythms and psychopathology in adolescence. 1986: Dafna Barak, M.D.: Psychiatric aspects of migraine in adolescents. 1986: Tamar Moses, M.D.: Mother-child congruence in adolescence diagnosis. 1989: Orit Pomeranz, M.D.: Suicidality in hospitalized adolescents. 1989: Rachel Natanel, M.D.: Human figure drawings in suicidal hospitalized adolescents. 1990: Moshe Stoller, M.D.: Psychometric Aspects of Suicidality. 1991: Miri Katz, M.D.: Psychosocial aspects of leukaemia 1992: Michal Rapaport M.D.: The relationship between cholesterol and suicide in adolescence.