GregoryWDalackMD

Summary

• I am the Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan, starting here in 1992 and serving in a variety of leadership roles over the years (Mental Health Service Chief at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System through 2005; 2005-2016, Associate Chair for Education and Academic Affairs for the Department of Psychiatry; 2006-2007, Vice Chair of the department, then served as Interim Chair until his appointment as Chair in 2010.
  
  My research interests have included treatment of chronic and persistent mental illnesses, particularly focusing on schizophrenia. I have also conducted studies examining nicotine addiction and smoking cessation interventions in schizophrenia, health behaviors in schizophrenia, and metabolic effects of second-generation antipsychotic medications in severe mental illness. Over the past five years, I have become involved in developing collaborative care programs to provide psychiatric and behavioral health expertise within primary care clinics at Michigan Medicine and across the State and region.