Dr. Danielle Dick Bio

Danielle Dick, Ph.D., is a tenured Professor of Psychiatry at Rutgers School of Medicine,  holds the Greg Brown Endowed Chair in Neuroscience, and is the Director of the Rutgers Addiction Research Center - the largest addiction research center in the world. Dr. Dick is an internationally recognized expert on genetic and environmental influences on human behavior. She has led or contributed to more than 30 NIH-funded grants totaling over $55 million and has more than 475 peer-reviewed publications spanning addiction, mental health, genetics, and child development. Her work has earned numerous national and international honors, and she has been named one of the most highly cited researchers in the world. Dr. Dick is committed to translating research into real world impact. Her team has developed prevention programs that incorporate the latest advances in genomics and developmental psychology to provide individuals with personalized risk profiles and tailored resources, with the goal of stopping addiction before it starts. She is the author of The Child Code: Understanding Your Child’s Unique Nature for Happier, More Effective Parenting (Penguin Random House, 2021), and Co-founder of Thrive Genetics, Inc., a company dedicated to using the latest scientific advances to end the addiction epidemic.  

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