Professor Emeritus
Program Director, Pharmacology and Experimental
Therapeutics Program
Dept. of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics
Tufts University School of Medicine
136 Harrison Avenue
Boston, MA 02111
Phone: 617-636-3856
Email: Richard.Shader@Tufts.edu

Research Interests:

Actively collaborated with Dr. Greenblatt for over 35 years in research and has worked closely with all Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics core faculty through team teaching in various Department courses and with most members through collaborative research. Dr. Shader is also a Professor Emeritus in the Medical School's Department of Psychiatry.

Recent Publications:

Shader RI. Kynurenine – an old pathway retraced.  J Clin Psychopharmacology 26:351-352, 2006.

Shader RI and Oesterheld JR. Facts and public policy: should I keep my child on ADHD drugs? J Clin Psychopharmacology 26:223-224, 2006.

Fahey JM, Pritchard GA, Reddi JM, Pratt JS, Grassi JM, Shader RI, and Greenblatt DJ. The effect of chronic lorazepam administration in aging mice. Brain Res 1118:13-24, 2006.