Joseph D. Miller
Professor & Chair of Pharmacology Department
American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine
USA
Biography
Joseph D. Miller did his postdocs in dopamine electrophysiology and in circadian biology 1979-1984. In 1984, he became the project director for a space shuttle project in primate circadian rhythms out of the University of California. In 1987 he moved to Stanford and became director of neurochemistry for the Stanford-Upjohn Center. In 1994, he moved to Texas Tech Health Sciences Center and left there in 2000 to become director of pharmacology at the Keck School of Medicine at USC. He is currently chair of pharmacology at American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine.
Research Interest
His research interests are in the biological mechanisms of drug abuse and dependency, and the neuropharmacology of sleep and circadian rhythms. He has been associated with the University of Texas Addiction Research Center for many years and have given many workshops on the neurobiology of drug addiction under their auspices.