Barnard College of Columbia University, New York, NY, B.A. Summa, 1987-1991, Psychology
New York University, New York, Ph.D., 1991-1995, Experimental Psychology
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, Postdoctoral Fellow, 1995-1998, Behavioral Pharmacology

Ford Foundation Public Service Intern, Memory Disorders Research Center, Boston VA Medical Center, Boston, MA, summer 1990.
Research Assistant, Memory Laboratory, Kennedy Center, New York, NY, summer 1992.
Teaching Assistant, Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY, 1991-1993.
Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, August 1995-September 1998.
Instructor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, October 1998-June 1999.
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, July 1999-2004.
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, September 2004-present.

Mary E. Allison Prize for general excellence in scholarship (spring 1988)
Phi Beta Kappa, Junior Election
Ford Foundation Scholar (summer 1990)
Grace Potter Rice Fellowship (spring 1991)
AASERT Grant (1993-1995)
National Institute on Drug Abuse Director's Travel Award (summer 1996)
College on Problems of Drug Dependence Travel Award (summer 1998)

Memberships

American Psychological Association
American Psychological Society
Cognitive Neuroscience Society
College on Problems of Drug Dependence
Psychonomic Society

Snodgrass, J.G. & Mintzer, M. (1993). Neighborhood effects in visual word recognition: Facilitatory or inhibitory? Memory & Cognition, 21, 247-266.

Mintzer, M.Z., Frey, J.M., & Griffiths, R.R. (1997). Effects of zolpidem and triazolam on human psychomotor and cognitive performance. In L.S. Harris (Ed.) Problems of Drug Dependence, 1996 (pp. 122). NIDA Research Monograph No. 174 NIH Publication No. 97-4236 Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.

Mintzer, M.Z, Frey, J.M., Yingling, J.E., & Griffiths, R.R. (1997). Triazolam and zolpidem: A comparison of their psychomotor, cognitive, and subjective effects in healthy volunteers. Behavioural Pharmacology, 8, 561-574.

Mintzer, M.Z., Guarino, J., Kirk, T., Roache, J.D., & Griffiths, R.R. (1997). Ethanol and pentobarbital: Comparison of behavioral and subjective effects in sedative drug abusers. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 5, 203-215.

Mintzer, M.Z. & Griffiths, R.R. (1998). Selective effects of zolpidem on human memory functions. In L.S. Harris (Ed.) Problems of Drug Dependence, 1997 (pp. 74). NIDA Research Monograph No. 178 NIH Publication No. 98-4305 Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.

Frey, J.M., Mintzer, M.Z., Rush, C.R., & Griffiths, R.R. (1998). Buspirone is differentiated from diazepam in humans using a three-response drug discrimination procedure. Psychopharmacology, 138, 16-26.

Mintzer, M.Z., Frey, J.M., & Griffiths, R.R. (1998). Zolpidem is differentiated from triazolam in humans using a three-response drug discrimination procedure. Behavioural Pharmacology, 9, 545-559.

Mintzer, M.Z., & Griffiths, R.R. (1998). Flunitrazepam and triazolam: A comparison of psychomotor, cognitive, and subjective effects in sedative drug abusers. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 53, 49-66.

Griffiths, R.R., & Mintzer, M.Z. (1999). Flunitrazepam and triazolam: A comparison of behavioral effects and abuse liability. In L.S. Harris (Ed.) Problems of Drug Dependence, 1998 (pp. 127). NIDA Research Monograph No. 179 NIH Publication No. 99-4395, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.

Mintzer, M.Z., & Griffiths, R.R. (1999). Triazolam and zolpidem: Effects on human memory and attentional processes. Psychopharmacology, 144, 8-19.

Mintzer, M.Z., & Griffiths, R.R. (1999). Triazolam and zolpidem: A comparison of effects on human memory and cognitive performance. In L.S. Harris (Ed.) Problems of Drug Dependence, 1998 (pp. 304). NIDA Research Monograph No. 179 NIH Publication No. 99-4395, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.

Mintzer, M.Z., & Griffiths, R.R. (1999). Effects of triazolam on false recognition. Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting Program 1999: A Supplement of the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 18.

Mintzer, M.Z., & Griffiths, R.R. (1999). Selective effects of zolpidem on human memory functions. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 13, 19-32.

Mintzer, M.Z., & Snodgrass, J.G. (1999). The picture superiority effect: Support for the distinctiveness model. American Journal of Psychology, 112, 113-146.

Mintzer, M.Z., Stoller, K.B., & Griffiths, R.R. (1999). A controlled study of flumazenil-precipitated withdrawal in chronic low-dose benzodiazepine users. Psychopharmacology, 147, 200-209.

Mintzer, M.Z., Griffiths, R.R., & Hirshman, E. (2000). Midazolam-induced amnesia and the process dissociation procedure. Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting Program 2000: A Supplement of the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 132.

Mintzer, M.Z., Stoller, K.B., & Griffiths, R.R. (in press). Flumazenil-precipitated withdrawal in chronic low-dose benzodiazepine users. In L.S. Harris (Ed.) Problems of Drug Dependence, 1999. NIDA Research Monograph, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.

Mintzer, M.Z., & Griffiths, R.R. (in press). Acute effects of triazolam on false recognition. Memory & Cognition.

Mintzer, M.Z., Hirshman, E., & Griffiths, R.R. (submitted). A paradoxical dissociation in the effects of midazolam on conscious and unconscious processes in the process dissociation procedure. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.

Mintzer, M.Z., & Griffiths, R.R. (submitted). False recognition in triazolam-induced amnesia. Journal of Memory and Language.

Mintzer, M.Z., Allen, R.P., & Griffiths, R.R. (submitted). Investigation of preference for nightly triazolam versus placebo in moderate social alcohol drinkers. Journal of Psychopharmacology.

Mintzer, M.Z., & Griffiths, R.R. (submitted). Acute dose-effects of scopolamine on false recognition. Psychopharmacology.

E-mail contact: mmintzer@jhmi.edu