Iris Bell, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor, Psychiatry and Psychology
Director of Research for the Program in Integrative Medicine

Program for Integrative Medicine

1249 N. Mountain Ave., P.O. Box 245153

Tucson, AZ 85724-5153

Department of Psychiatry
P.O. Box 245002, Tucson, AZ 85724-5002
Phone: 626-6509, 626-3512

E-mail: ibell@email.arizona.edu 

EDUCATION:

Stanford University; Neuro & Biobehavioral Sciences, 1977 (Ph.D.)Stanford University, 1980 (M.D.)

University of California, San Francisco, 1980-1984 (Residency, Psychiatry)

HONORS/AWARDS:

Fellow, American College of NutritionInvited participant in workshops on environmental toxicant sensitivities and affective disorders, National Academy of Science; Health and Welfare, Canada; Ministry of Health, Ontario
Founding Editor of the Journal of Alternative and Complimentary Medicine: Research on Paradigm Practice and Policy

MAJOR AREAS OR RESEARCH INTEREST:
 -Dementia from metabolic dysfunction and/or environmental toxicants in young and older adults with and without depression

-Personality risk factors in chronic medical disorders (e.g., shyness, repression)
-Cardiovascular feedback
-Nutritional supplements in geriatric mood and memory disorders
-Neural sensitization mechanisms for environmental illness
-Classical homeopathy in fibromyalgia

STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH RESEARCH:

Students will see a state-of-the-art neurobehavioral psychophysiology laboratory in operation, learn about olfactory function testing and its possible links with dementia and learn to use a computer with spreadsheet and database software for data entry.

Last updated: 3/30/2006