Dr. Haile has nearly 20 years of experience in evaluating potential pharmacotherapies for psychiatric diseases in humans and in animal models. He has a broad range of experience in molecular, behavioral, and clinical experimental procedures, and has published extensively on using a variety of behavioral assays for medication development. Dr. Haile also has a joint appointment at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC), where he is involved in clinical trials assessing medications for anxiety and substance use disorders (SUD) in Veterans. He is the PI of the PASA-funded 2016R1A2 preclinical study entitled “Assessing Pharmacotherapies in Animal Models of PTSD and AUD”.