Pat R. Rutherford, Jr. Chair in Psychiatry Professor and Vice Chair for Research Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences alan.c.swann@uth.tmc.edu University of Texas - Mental Sciences Institute 1300 Moursund Houston, TX 77030 Tel: 713-500-2556 Fax: 713-500-2557

Dr. Alan Swann is Pat R. Rutherford Professor and Vice Chair for Research at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. He also serves as Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Texas Medical School. Dr. Swann received his bachelor of science degree from Tulane University and his medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. He completed a medical internship at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York and his psychiatry residency at Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Swann also completed a research fellowship at Yale University.

Dr. Swann belongs to many professional societies, including the American College of Psychiatry and the Society for Neuroscience. In addition, he has served on two federal government advisory committees and has been principal investigator on many industry- and government-sponsored research projects. Dr. Swann has designed acute treatment studies of experimental anticonvulsants, antipsychotics, and antidepressive agents for manic and depressed episodes of bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder. He has also studied behavioral sensitization, antisocial personality, and suicide.