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Meet Our Investigators
    

Asif Habib, MD
Principal Investigator

 

Arif Habib, MD

Sub-Investigator
 
Meet Our Staff


Azra Ahmad,JD, MS
Executive Director and Research Study Coordinator
 

Chrishina Hill, MHA, MBA
Manager and Research Study Coordinator
 

Venessa Riegler, BS
Research Study Coordinator
 

Shameka Redden, BS
Research Study Coordinator and
EEG Technician


 

 
 




Dr. Asif Habib is board-certified in psychiatry and has been been practicing since 1991.  He is an adjunct clinical instructor of psychiatry at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO. He completed a residency in psychiatry at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia and later a fellowship in geriatric psychiatry and research at Columbia University in New York, NY. His work has been published in various psychiatric journals and textbooks.











Dr. Arif Habib is board-certified in psychiatry and has been practicing since 1992. He is the Chair of Forest Park Hospital's Department of Psychiatry and is the Chief of Psychiatry at Gateway Regional Medical Center. He completed his psychiatry residency at the Medical College of Virginia  in Richmond, VA, followed by a position in the Community Mental Health Clinic in Maysville, KY.









Azra has extensive experience working with people who suffer from cognitive and emotional deficits. She is trained in neuropsychological and psychiatric testing such as the PANSS, BACS, UPSA, MCCB, MSE, AIMS, BAS, SAS, HAM-D and standardized speech and language tests.













Chrishina
joined MACR in 2004 with 3 years of experience working with the psychiatric population, mostly those with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. She is trained on the PANSS, BACS, MSE, AIMS, BAS, SAS, WAIS, MMPI, and SANS. She is also CPR and AED certified by the American Heart Association.












Venessa joined MACR in January 2010 with 6 years of clinical research experience from Washington University in St. Louis and Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD). She is trained on the MCCB, UPSA, and CANTAB.










Shameka joined MACR in April 2010 with 7 years of experience as a medical assistant. She is a trained EEG technician, and she is also trained on the MCCB, UPSA, and CANTAB.