Richard Keefe

Dr. Keefe’s research is primarily devoted to understanding cognitive dysfunction and its treatment in patients with psychiatric and neurological conditions. He has had a leadership role for cognitive methods in several large National Institute of Mental Health studies, including the CATIE, MATRICS, TURNS, CRSTN and TENETS projects. He has published more than 250 scientific papers and two books. Dr. Keefe is on the editorial boards of Psychological Medicine, Schizophrenia Research, Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, and Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience. He was the 2012-2014 President of the International Society for CNS Clinical Trials and Methodology. He is on the Board of Directors for the Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS) and the Scientific Board of the Brain and Behavioral Research Foundation. He is the CEO and co-Founder of VeraSci.