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The Externalizing Consortium was launched in 2017 and is currently led by Dr. Danielle Dick, with funding from NIDA (R01DA050721), in collaboration with other key leaders, contributors, and analysts as follows:

 

Rutgers University:

Danielle M. Dick, Ph.D., is a Professor of Psychiatry at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School where she serves as the inaugural director of the Rutgers Addiction Research Center at the Brain Health Institute and holds the Greg Brown Endowed Chair in Neuroscience. Her research focuses on understanding genetic and environmental influences on substance use and related outcomes across development.

 

 

 Holly Poore, Ph.D., is an Instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Her research focuses on understanding the sources of phenotypic and genetic overlap among various forms of psychopathology, behavioral, and personality traits.
 

 

 

 Sarah Brislin, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Her research focuses on determining biological mechanisms that contribute to the expression and development of externalizing behavior in adolescence.
 

 

 

 Jill Rabinowitz, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Her research focuses on understanding the individual and joint contributions of social determinants and individual characteristics that may influence the developmental course of substance use.
 

 

 

 Fazil Aliev, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Dr. Aliev’s background is in mathematical statistics, and his current research is mainly concentrated on large-scale genetic studies of alcohol use disorders and related outcomes.
 

 

 

 Emily Balcke, M.Sc., is Program Manager at the Rutgers Addiction Research Center and serves as the project coordinator for the Externalizing Consortium.