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Dr. Frank A. "Andy" Kozel has been instrumental in the development of fMRI to detect deception. Dr. Kozel is the principal investigator on those scientific studies beginning in 1999 which demonstrated the ability to distinguish truth from deception using fMRI. Dr. Kozel graduated cum laude from Yale University in 1989 and completed his M.D. degree from the University of Virginia in 1993. Due to a military obligation, Dr. Kozel completed his internship at Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland AFB, Texas. He served as a flight surgeon at Dyess AFB, Texas and Maxwell AFB, Alabama. Dr. Kozel then moved to the Medical University of South Carolina where he completed a Psychiatric Residency, a Neuroimaging and Brain Stimulation Fellowship, a Masters of Science in Clinical Research, a Veteran's Administration Special Fellowship in Psychiatric Research/Neuroscience at the Ralph H. Johnson Veteran's Administration Medical Center, and stayed on as an Assistant Professor in Psychiatry. Dr. Kozel moved to the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in July 2005 where he is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry. The current focus of his work is functional MRI (fMRI) detection of deception as well as brain stimulation and neuroimaging projects related to mood regulation. Dr. Kozel is a non paid Cephos' advisor and has nor received stock or compensation. | 