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Neil W. Boris, M.D.

Current Positions: Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Co-clinical director Early Childhood Support and Services (ECSS)

Education:
Grinnell College, 1980-1984: B.A.(Biology)
Honors: Partial Academic Scholarship (1980-1981)
Tufts University School of Medicine, 1984-1988: M.D.
Honors: Elected to Alpha Omega Alpha National Honor Society.

Years at Tulane:
Appointed 1998.

Research Interests:
My primary interest is in developmental psychopathology and clinical intervention for preschool-aged children. I’ve had the pleasure of working on several grants. In Louisiana, for example, I’ve worked with multidisciplinary teams studying the impact of nurse home visiting on young, first time mothers and their infants. I’ve also studied how parenting education programs stack up against more intensive parenting therapy in helping young mothers manage their preschool-aged children. Internationally, I’ve studied mentoring interventions for orphaned youth who care for younger children in Rwanda and community-support programs for orphaned children in rural Malawi.

Selected Publications:
Boris, N.W., Zeanah, C. H. and the Work Group for Quality Issues of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. (2005) Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of reactive attachment disorder, Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 44, 1206-19.

Wightkin, J., Magnus, J.H., Farley, T.A., Boris, N.W., Kotelchuck, M. (2007) Psychosocial Predictors of Being an Underweight Infant Differ by Racial Group: A Prospective Study of Louisiana WIC Program Participants. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 11:49-55.

Thurman T.R., Snider L., Boris N.W., Kalisa E., Nyirazinoye L., Brown L. (2008) Barriers to the community support of orphans and vulnerable youth in Rwanda. Social Sciences and Medicine. 66: 1557-1567.

5/7/08