H. Keith H. Brodie
Encyclopedia
H. Keith H. Brodie is an American
psychiatrist
, educator, and president
emeritus
of Duke University
.
and medicine at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
. He completed an internship in internal medicine at the Ochner Foundation Hospital in New Orleans
and a residency in psychiatry at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. Brodie taught at Stanford University
from 1970 to 1974 and was chair of Stanford's Medical School Faculty Senate and director of the General Research Center.
Brodie received the A.E. Bennett Research Award from the Society of Biological Psychiatry, the psychopharmacology prize of the American Psychological Association
, and the Edward A. Streck Award of the Pennsylvania Hospital
and the University of Pennsylvania Health System
. He served as president of the American Psychiatric Association
and chaired the Board of Mental Health and Behavioral Medicine of the Institute of Medicine
.
to become chair of the department of psychiatry, with the encouragement of Ewald "Bud" Busse
, who was leaving the chairmanship to become dean of the School of Medicine
. He was later named James B. Duke Professor of Psychiatry and Law, became chancellor of Duke University in 1982, and became president of the university in 1985. He served as president from 1985 to 1993. After his term as president, Brodie continued teaching and clinical work.
As president of Duke University, Brodie helped to expand applications to graduate and undergraduate programs and increase Duke's national reputation as a research university. He also led efforts to increase racial/ethnic diversity among the faculty through the Black Faculty Initiative, a program that would be echoed by his successor, Nan Keohane, through the creation of the Women's Initiative.
United States
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psychiatrist
Psychiatrist
A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. All psychiatrists are trained in diagnostic evaluation and in psychotherapy...
, educator, and president
President
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emeritus
Emeritus
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of Duke University
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
.
Academic career
Brodie studied chemistry at Princeton UniversityPrinceton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
and medicine at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, often known as P&S, is a graduate school of Columbia University that is located on the health sciences campus in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan...
. He completed an internship in internal medicine at the Ochner Foundation Hospital in New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
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and a residency in psychiatry at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. Brodie taught at Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
from 1970 to 1974 and was chair of Stanford's Medical School Faculty Senate and director of the General Research Center.
Brodie received the A.E. Bennett Research Award from the Society of Biological Psychiatry, the psychopharmacology prize of the American Psychological Association
American Psychological Association
The American Psychological Association is the largest scientific and professional organization of psychologists in the United States. It is the world's largest association of psychologists with around 154,000 members including scientists, educators, clinicians, consultants and students. The APA...
, and the Edward A. Streck Award of the Pennsylvania Hospital
Pennsylvania Hospital
Pennsylvania Hospital is a hospital in Center City, Philadelphia, affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania Health System . Founded on May 11, 1751 by Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Bond, it was the first hospital in the United States...
and the University of Pennsylvania Health System
University of Pennsylvania Health System
The University of Pennsylvania Health System is a diverse research and clinical care organization in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1993, it currently operates under the direction and auspices of Penn Medicine, a division of the University of Pennsylvania...
. He served as president of the American Psychiatric Association
American Psychiatric Association
The American Psychiatric Association is the main professional organization of psychiatrists and trainee psychiatrists in the United States, and the most influential worldwide. Its some 38,000 members are mainly American but some are international...
and chaired the Board of Mental Health and Behavioral Medicine of the Institute of Medicine
Institute of Medicine
The Institute of Medicine is a not-for-profit, non-governmental American organization founded in 1970, under the congressional charter of the National Academy of Sciences...
.
Duke University
In 1974, Brodie moved to Duke UniversityDuke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
to become chair of the department of psychiatry, with the encouragement of Ewald "Bud" Busse
Ewald W. Busse
Ewald William Busse was an American psychiatrist, gerontologist, author and academic administrator best known for being the dean of the Duke University School of Medicine....
, who was leaving the chairmanship to become dean of the School of Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine
The Duke University School of Medicine is Duke University's medical school operating under the auspices of the Duke University Medical Center. Established in 1925 by James B...
. He was later named James B. Duke Professor of Psychiatry and Law, became chancellor of Duke University in 1982, and became president of the university in 1985. He served as president from 1985 to 1993. After his term as president, Brodie continued teaching and clinical work.
As president of Duke University, Brodie helped to expand applications to graduate and undergraduate programs and increase Duke's national reputation as a research university. He also led efforts to increase racial/ethnic diversity among the faculty through the Black Faculty Initiative, a program that would be echoed by his successor, Nan Keohane, through the creation of the Women's Initiative.