Faculty
Robert Boland
Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior:
Bio Med Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Phone: +1 401 455 6417
Phone 2: +1 401 793 4300
Robert_Boland_1@Brown.EDU
Read Robert Boland's full Faculty Research Profile.
1. Psychiatric aspects of HIV. This includes particular attention to the effects of depression on persons suffering with HIV and AIDS.
2. Teaching with technology. This involves developing and using new technologies, with an emphasis on computers and the internet, in aiding and complementing traditional classroom teaching.
Biography
Robert Boland MD is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior. His specialization is in psychosomatic medicine and geriatric psychiatry. Professionally, he has had a lead role in the department in the development and implementation of education in psychiatry. Nationally he advises and presents on the use of technology in medical school education.
Interests
1. Psychiatric aspects of HIV. Robert Boland was a collaborator on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-sponsored HERS (HIV Epidemiologic Research Study) grant, which was designed to study the natural course of HIV infection in women with HIV. His role was to concentrate on the psychiatric aspects of HIV infection, particularly the role of depression in quality of life and the progression of disease.
2. Teaching with technology. Currently, Robert Boland is involved in the development of automated interactive technologies, both CD-ROM and web based, as aids in teaching psychopathology and psychopharmacology. His most recent project, currently development, is a use of web based didactic materials as a substitute for traditional lecturing, with a transition from live lectures to more interactive learning techniques (case based learning, or the use of games in the classroom, for example).
Degrees
MD
Teaching
UNIVERSITY TEACHING ROLES
1.Brown Medical School Course 371. Group Leader 1992-
2. Psychiatry Residency Site Coordinator, Consultation/Liaison Rotation 1992-1998
3. Site Coordinator Medical School Psychiatry Clerkship 1992-
4. Lecturer, Behavioral Medicine Seminar Series (Somatoform Disorders) 1992--
5. Lecturer, Miriam Hospital Medical Resident's noon Lecture Series 1992--
6. Individual Supervisor, Psychiatry Residency 1992--
7. Brown University Undergraduate Teacher. Research Elective Mentor (Psychiatric Aspects of AIDS) 1993--
8. Psychiatry Residency (PGY II) Course: Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry Seminar. Course Leader 1993--
9. Brown Medical School Course 372. Group Leader 1993-1999
10. Mock Board Examiner for Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth University Residency Training Program. 1994¬–
11. Affinity Group Leader, "Mind and Body" (2 separate groups, 1995-1999 and 1999-2003)
12. Psychiatry Residency (PGY IV) Course: Somatoform Disorders. Course Leader 1995--
13. Brown University Undergraduate Teacher. Longitudinal Mentor (Psychiatric Aspects of AIDS) 1996-1997
14. Lecturer, Medical Student Clerkship Seminar Series: Somatoform Disorders 1997-
15. Primary Lecturer (11 lectures), Biomed 278, Introduction to Clinical Psychiatry 1997-2003
16. Lecturer, Psychology Internship CORE Seminar Series: Mental Status Exam, Adult Psychopharmacology 1997-2003
17. Psychiatry Residency (PGY IV) Lecture: Emergency Psychiatry 1998-2000
18. Co-Course Director Biomed 278, Introduction to Clinical Psychiatry 1998-1999
19. Director, Lecture series, Brown University Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship. 1998-
20. Assistant Director, Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship, Brown University School of Medicine 1998-
21. Course Leader, Support Group, Brown University Internal Medicine Residency, 1998-
22. Course Director Biomed 278. Introduction to Clinical Psychiatry 1999– 2003
23. Lecturer, Nursing Gerontology Lecture Series, Miriam Hospital, 2002–2003
24. Clerkship Director, Psychiatry. 2003-
25. Seminar Leader: Medical Student Presentation Seminar. 2004-
26. Course Co-Director Biomed 370, The Brain and Human Behavior 2004-2006
27. Course Section Director (Psychiatry). BI 365, Brain Sciences. 2007—
