Jack Modell

A board-certified psychiatrist with over 40 years of experience in clinical research, Dr. Jack Modell has spent a considerable amount of time within both the academia and pharmaceutical/CRO sides of the industry. Pairing his 20 years of teaching, providing patient care, and conducting clinical research with 21 years of clinical drug development experience – proof of concept through market support, medical affairs, successful NDA filings, medical governance, drug safety, compliance, and management – it’s easy to see why Dr. Modell has received several awards and honors for both research and clinical care.

While there are few therapeutic areas in which Dr. Modell doesn’t have experience, his greatest expertise lies in neurosciences. After completing his residency in Psychiatry at the University of Vermont, Dr. Modell completed a fellowship at the University of Michigan in neuroimaging and anxiety disorders. He then joined the UM psychiatry faculty where he helped elucidate the role of the basal ganglia in obsessive-compulsive disorder and alcoholism. While there, Dr. Modell also developed the YBOCS-HD scale to quantify the obsessive and compulsive characteristics of heavy drinking. Continuing his academic career and neuroimaging research at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Dr. Modell treated patients with a variety of neuropsychiatric disorders including severe depression and anxiety – ultimately attaining the rank of tenured professor of psychiatry.