The National Center for Responsible Gaming and the Institute for Research on Pathological Gambling and Related Disorders have recruited the leading scientists in the addictions field to serve on the review panels evaluating proposals for research and make the final decisions about funding. The following distinguished researchers have served as peer reviewers since 1997.

Mark Appelbaum, Ph.D.
Associate Vice Chancellor and Professor of Psychology
University of California, San Diego

Mitchell Berman, Ph.D.
Professor of Clinical Psychology
University of Southern Mississippi

Robert Booth, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
University of Colorado Health Sciences

Michael Bozarth, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
State University of New York-Buffalo

Hans Breiter, M.D.
Director
Motivation and Emotion Neuroscience Center
Massachusetts General Hospital

Vincent Chiappinelli, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of Pharmacology
Director, Neuroscience Program
The George Washington University

Linda B. Cottler, Ph.D.
Professor of Epidemiology in Psychiatry
Washington University School of Medicine

Joseph Cubells, M.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Yale University School of Medicine

Renee Cunningham-Williams, Ph.D.
Visiting Associate Professor
Brown School of Social Work
Washington University-St. Louis

Rani Desai, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Yale School of Medicine

Lance Dodes, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School

William Eadington, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
Director, Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming
University of Nevada-Reno

Seth Eisen, M.D.
Director
Health Services Research and Development Service
Veterans Administration

Richard I. Evans, Ph.D.
Distinguished University Professor of Psychology
University of Houston

Edward Federman, Ph.D.
Instructor in Psychiatry
Boston University School of Medicine

G. Ron Frisch, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology
University of Windsor

Gregory Gasic, Ph.D.
Director, Laboratory of Neurogenetics in the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Imaging Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Co-Director, Motivation Emotion Neuroscience Collaboration (MENC)

Jon E. Grant, M.D., J.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
University of Minnesota Medical School

David Hodgins, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
University of Calgary

Suck Won Kim, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
University of Minnesota Medical School

Barry Kosofsky, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Chief, Division on Pediatric Neurology
New York Weill Cornell Medical Center

Richard A. LaBrie, Ed.D.
Instructor in Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Associate Director of Research and Data Analysis
Division on Addictions, Cambridge Health Alliance

Paul Laffer, M.D.
Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Psychiatrist
McLean Hospital

James Langenbucher, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Center for Alcohol Studies
Rutgers University

Debi A. LaPlante, Ph.D.
Instructor in Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School

Scott Lukas, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Chief, Clinical Neuropsychopharmacology Laboratory
McLean Hospital

Eileen Luna-Firebaugh, J.D., M.P.A.
Associate Professor of American Indian Studies
University of Arizona

Elizabeth Matthews, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Radiology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center-West

Richard McGowan, S.J., D.B.A.
Associate Professor of Economics
Boston College

Barbara Mellers, Ph.D.
Milton W. Terrill Professor of Business Administration
University of California, Berkeley

Lisa M. Najavits, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
Boston University School of Medicine

Peter E. Nathan, Ph.D.
University of Iowa Foundation Distinguished Professor of Psychology
University of Iowa

Timothy O’Farrell, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Harvard Medical School
Director, Families and Addiction Program
Boston VA Healthcare System

Roy Perlis, M.D.
Director of Pharmacogenomics Research, Depression Clinical Research Program and Bipolar Research Program
Massachusetts General Hospital

Mark Pollack, M.D.
Director, Anxiety Disorders Program
Massachusetts General Hospital

Charan Ranganath, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Center for Neuroscience & Department of Psychology
University of California, Davis

Scott Rauch, M.D.
Program Director
The Laboratory for the Study of Anxiety Disorders and Affective Neuroscience
Massachusetts General Hospital

John Renner, M.D.
Associate Chief of Psychiatry
Boston VA Healthcare System

David Self, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Lydia Bryant Test Professorship
Department of Psychiatry
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Kenneth J. Sher, Ph.D.
Frederick A. Middlebush Professor of Psychology
University of Missouri, Columbia

Wendy Slutske, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
University of Missouri, Columbia

Randy Stinchfield, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Associate Director, Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse
University of Minnesota Medical School

Robert Sutherland, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
University of Lethbridge

Joseph Westermeyer, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.
Chief of Psychiatry
Minneapolis VA Medical Center

James Whelan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
University of Memphis

Ken C. Winters, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
University of Minnesota Medical School

Harold Wynne, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor
McGill University
University of Alberta
President
Wynne Resources, Ltd.