Employment:
The Nancy and Ray L. Hunt Chair in Crisis Psychiatry
Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Program in Trauma and Disaster, VA North Texas Health Care System, Dallas, TX
Professor, Department of Psychiatry, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Surgery/Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Education and Training:
B.S. in General Science, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 1976
M.D., Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 1983
Master of Psychiatric Epidemiology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 1993
Residency in psychiatry, Barnes Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 1983-87
NIMH Post-doctoral Research Fellowship in Psychiatric Epidemiology, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 1987-90
Professional Societies and Organizations:
American Medical Association
Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association
Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians
North Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians
Dallas Area Women Psychiatrists
Fellow, American Psychopathological Association
American Academy of Clinical Psychiatrists (President, 2006-08)
American Association of Community Psychiatrists
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
Life History Research Society
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
False Memory Syndrome Foundation
Founding Board Member, National Schizophrenia Association
Dr. North moved to Dallas from St. Louis in 2005, after 18 years of service on the faculty of Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. North has authored more than 130 peer-reviewed scientific published articles, served on editorial boards for scientific journals, and chaired or served on committees for federal grant review and development of terrorism policy for the National Academies of Science Institute of Medicine. She has testified to the US Senate on disaster mental health effects, advised the Carter Center and the White House, debriefed Surgeon General Satcher, informed the US Federal Drug Administration about posttraumatic stress, and provided consultation to the City of New York’s Department of Health on post-9/11 mental health response and preparation. For her work in academic and clinical psychiatry and public service, Dr. North has received recognition by Congress; awards from the American Psychiatric Association, the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, and the Mental Health Association; and listing in The Best Doctors in America. Dr. North is married to Richard Olson, a computer software consultant.
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