Bruce Svare
Professor
Psychology
University at Albany
United States of America
Biography
Bruce Svare is director of the National Institute for Sports Reform, a not for profit organization that serves as a think tank, research center, information clearinghouse, consultant, and advocate for sports reform. Svare has specialized for more than 30 years in the study of anabolic steroids, has authored more than 70 scientific papers in leading professional journals and has written numerous books and book chapters in the field of behavioral neuroscience. He served on the National Institute on Drug Abuse Technical Review Panel on Steroid Abuse and has been a recipient of research grants from NIDA, NSF, NIMH, NIA, and the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation. Svare has lectured nationally and internationally on the topic of anabolic steroid abuse. He has extensive experience as a coach and sports administrator for athletes of many different ages from the youth to the elite amateur level.
Research Interest
Hormonal Influences on Aggressive, Maternal, and Sexual Behavior • Anabolic Steroid Abuse • Sport and Society • International Education
Publications
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Svare, B., and R. Gandelman (l973). Postpartum aggression in mice: Experiential and environmental factors. Hormones and Behavior, 4: 323-334.
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Leshner, A.I., W.A. Walker, A.E. Johnson, J.S. Kelling, S.J. Kreisler, and B.B. Svare (l973). Pituitary-adrenocortical activity and intermale aggressiveness in isolated mice. Physiology and Behavior, ll: 203-210.
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Svare, B., and A.I. Leshner (l973). Behavioral correlates of intermale aggression and grouping in mice. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 86: 203-212.
