WAYNE S. FENTON, M.D.
Deputy Director for Clinical Affairs,
Division of Mental Disorders, Behavioral Research and AIDS
National Institute of Mental Health
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
Wayne S. Fenton,
M.D. is a graduate of George Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Fenton completed post-graduate training
in Psychiatry at Yale University and, following a National Research Service
Award Fellowship, at Yale’s Institution for Social and Policy Studies, joined
the staff of Chestnut Lodge Hospital, where he served as Director of Research,
Medical Director and Chief Executive Officer.
Dr. Fenton’s
research has focused on the integration of biological, psychological and policy
initiatives for the treatment of severe mental illness, and he is the recipient
of numerous awards, including the Exemplary Psychiatrist Award from the
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, the American Suicide Foundation’s
Alexander Gralnick Award, and the Research Award of the International Society
for the Psychological Treatment of Schizophrenia (ISPS). Dr. Fenton is Deputy Director for Clinical
Affairs, Division of Mental Disorders, Behavioral Research and AIDS, National
Institute of Mental Health. He also serves
on the Editorial Board of Acta
Psychiatrica Scandinavica and is Deputy Editor of Schizophrenia Bulletin.