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David Diamond
Professor
University of South Florida
USA
Biography
David Diamond, Ph.D., is the Director of the Center for Preclinical and Clinical Research on PTSD, Director of the USF Neuroscience Collaborative Program, and Professor of Psychology, Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology at the University of South Florida. Dr. Diamond is also a Research Career Scientist in the Medical Research and Development Service at the Tampa Veterans Hospital in Tampa, Florida, USA. Dr. Diamond was awarded his doctorate in Biology in 1985, with a specialization in Behavioral Neuroscience, from the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory and Department of Psychobiology at the University of California, Irvine. He then conducted post-doctoral research at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, where he developed his research program on the influence of psychological stress on the brain and memory. He is now a professor in the Departments of Psychology and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology at the University of South Florida, and is a Career Scientist at the Tampa Veterans Hospital, where he has directed his research program on animal models of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI), as well as clinical studies on people diagnosed with PTSD. Dr. Diamond serves as the Director of the USF Neuroscience Collaborative program and the USF Center for Preclinical Research and Clinical Research on PTSD, and is a Fellow at the American Institute of Stress. He has served on federal government study sections and committees evaluating research on the neurobiology of stress and memory, including a national program designed to develop a biologically-based diagnosis of PTSD. Dr. Diamond has approximately 100 publications and review articles on the brain and memory, including research on PTSD and Alzheimer’s disease. He serves on the editorial boards of numerous medical journals, and has received over 25 years of federally funded support for his research, including current awards from the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense.
Research Interest
Neurobiology of memory and stress; Animal models of PTSD; Clinical research on PTSD – etiology, susceptibility and treatment; Nutrition, brain health and cardiovascular disease