Peter R. Martin, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology
Peter.Martin@Vanderbilt.edu
Dr. Peter Martin has been a member of the faculty since 1986. He is Director of the Division of Addiction Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry Interdisciplinary Research Training Program and the Vanderbilt Addiction Center. His research and scholarly interests include the molecular basis, diagnosis, and treatment of drug use disorders with an emphasis on substance-induced mental disorders.
Education
Honours B.Sc. in Molecular Genetics, McGill University, Quebec, Canada
M.D., C.M., McGill University
M.Sc. in Pharmacology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Postgraduate Training
Resident in Internal Medicine, University of Toronto
Fellow in Clinical Pharmacology, University of Toronto
Resident in Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Visiting Scientist, Intramural Research Program, NIMH and NIAAA, National Institutes of Health
Areas of Clinical Expertise
General Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry, Psychopharmacology, Neuropsychiatry
Research interests
Molecular biology of thiamine, neuroimaging to elucidate the pathogenesis of addiction and alcohol-induced brain damage, and the clinical pharmacology of addictive substances, including novel pharmacological treatments of addictive disorders.
Representative publications
1. Martin PR, Weinberg BA, Bealer BK. John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken, NJ (2007).Healing Addiction: An Integrated Pharmacopsychosocial Approach to Treatment.
2. Reich MS, Dietrich M, Finlayson R, Fischer E, Martin PR (2008): Coffee and cigarette consumption in recovering alcoholics participating in Alcoholics Anonymous in Nashville, TN. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 32:1-8.
3. Martin PR (2007): Understanding alcohol-induced brain disorders through neuroimaging studies. Alcoologie et Addictologie 29 (4 Suppl.) 2s-12s.
4. Martin PR, Singleton CK, Hiller-Sturmhofel S (2003): The role of thiamine deficiency in alcoholic brain disease. Alcohol Research and Health 27(2):134-142.
5. Martin PR, Arria AM, Fischer G, Kaltenbach K, Heil SH, Stine SM, Coyle MG, Selby P, Jones HE (2009): Psychopharmacologic management of opioid dependent women during pregnancy American Journal on Addictions 18:148–156.
