Dr. Uriel Halbreich has been professor of psychiatry and director of bio-behavioral research at the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences of the University at Buffalo (UB) since 1985.  He has served as president of three professional organizations: the International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology (ISPNE); Hormones, Brain, and Neuropsychopharmacology (HBN); and the International Association of Women`s Mental Health (IAWMH, of which he is the founding president).  He has also chaired educational committees of the International College of Neuropsychopharmacology (CINP), the Association of Medicine and Psychiatry (AMP), and the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) Section on Interdisciplinary Collaboration. Under the aegis of the CINP and WPA, he has conducted over 40 educational workshops in Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America.

Dr. Halbreich has also served as a visiting professor in Harvard University, which was followed by a 12-year stint with the same university as an executive consultant.  He was also a visiting professor in Al-Quds University in Palestine and a teaching professor in the University of Pisa, Italy.  He is also a recipient of US NIH grants and contracts as well as of over 50 grants and contracts from pharmaceutical companies.  He has published 14 books and over 400 scientific articles and chapters.  He is currently the editor-in-chief of the open-access journal, Academia Mental Health and Well-Being.

Dr. Halbreich’s current scientific interests are: interdisciplinary integrative comprehensive well-being with an emphasis on culturally sensitive and person-centered stress and resilience; neuropsychoparmacology; and biomarkers for affective disorders.

The UN states that three of the world’s largest metropolitan areas are in India – Delhi, Mumbai, and Kolkata.  Urbanization in India is having an accelerated adverse impact on multiple aspects of well-being and health.  Dr. Halbreich’s Fulbright-Nehru project is identifying the vulnerable populations in these megacities and locating the gaps in services involving bio-social interventions.  This is being carried out by conducting culturally sensitive workshops on bio-social-economic interventions with mental health and primary care providers as well as with policymakers and the interested public.  The expected results are enhanced awareness about the multiple aspects of well-being and the planting of seeds for sustainable bio-social services