Featured Researchers
Bentson McFarland, M.D., Ph.D.
Bentson McFarland, M.D., Ph.D. is Professor of Psychiatry, Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University and Affiliate Investigator at the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research in Portland, Oregon. Dr. McFarland received his M.D. degree and his Ph.D. in Biostatistics from the University of Washington in Seattle.
Board certified in general psychiatry, Dr. McFarland's research focuses on quality of care for people with behavioral health problems, epidemiology pertinent to the prevention and treatment of behavioral health disorders, and financing for behavioral health care. His work has been supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute of Mental Health, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Food and Drug Administration, and the pharmaceutical industry.
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Bonnie Nagel, Ph.D.
Bonnie Nagel, Ph.D. earned her Ph.D. in clinical psychology, with an emphasis in neuropsychology, from the University of Memphis. After completing a two-year post-doctoral fellowship, and one-year academic appointment at the University of California San Diego, Dr. Nagel joined the faculty at Oregon Health & Science University as an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience in July of 2006.
Dr. Nagel’s research is focused on understanding adolescent neurodevelopment, individual differences (e.g., risk factors), the development of executive functioning, and how variations in and interactions among these variables are associated with the emergence of psychopathology, particularly alcohol use disorders.
