Theodore J. Cicero

Dr. Theodore J. Cicero received his PhD in Neuropharmacology from Purdue University in 1969 and began his career at Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine in 1968 as a post-doctoral fellow where he rose to Professor of Psychiatry, Anatomy and Neurobiology in 1978. Cicero serves as Vice Chairman for Research in the department of Psychiatry and was appointed Vice Chancellor for Research for Washington University in 1996, serving until 2006. Dr. Cicero is a life fellow of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, past president and Treasurer of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD). He was also recently awarded the Nathan B. Eddy Award from CPDD for lifetime achievement in substance abuse research. As of July 1, 2015, he received an endowed chair as the John P. Feighner Professor of Psychiatry at Washington University in St. Louis.