Born Haskel Abramson on New York's Lower East Side, Harold Abramson was the son of Jewish immigrants. His father, Samuel Abramson, was born in the Russian Empire, and his mother, Rose Richard, was born in England. He grew up in Harlem with sisters Estelle, nine years his senior, and Jean, who was seven years younger than him.
A psychiatrist and allergist, Abramson pioneered in the study of eczema and asthma and was one of the first Americans to do research on the effects of the hallucogenic drug LSD. At the time of his death, he was director of psychiatric research at South Oaks Hospital in Amityville, N.Y.
Abramson graduated from Columbia College in 1919 and received an M.D. from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1923. In the course of his career, he was affiliated with laboratories at Johns Hopkins and Harvard Universities, New York's Mount Sinai Hospital, and Cold Spring Harbor, as well as the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry in Berlin. He also taught at and served on the staffs of P&S and Mount Sinai.
During World War II, he headed the Long Island Biological Laboratories research project and contributed to the war effort with work involving aerosol penicillin. During the 1950s, Abramson was involved in LSD research conducted at Mount Sinai and funded by the CIA. He played a significant role in the CIA's MKULTRA program to investigate the possible applications for LSD and was an early advocate of therapeutic LSD.
Together with M. Murray Peshkin, he founded the Journal of Asthma Research, and remained its editor for seventeen years until his death.
A psychiatrist and allergist, Abramson pioneered in the study of eczema and asthma and was one of the first Americans to do research on the effects of the hallucogenic drug LSD. At the time of his death, he was director of psychiatric research at South Oaks Hospital in Amityville, N.Y.
Abramson graduated from Columbia College in 1919 and received an M.D. from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1923. In the course of his career, he was affiliated with laboratories at Johns Hopkins and Harvard Universities, New York's Mount Sinai Hospital, and Cold Spring Harbor, as well as the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry in Berlin. He also taught at and served on the staffs of P&S and Mount Sinai.
During World War II, he headed the Long Island Biological Laboratories research project and contributed to the war effort with work involving aerosol penicillin. During the 1950s, Abramson was involved in LSD research conducted at Mount Sinai and funded by the CIA. He played a significant role in the CIA's MKULTRA program to investigate the possible applications for LSD and was an early advocate of therapeutic LSD.
Together with M. Murray Peshkin, he founded the Journal of Asthma Research, and remained its editor for seventeen years until his death.
Born Haskel Abramson on New York's Lower East Side, Harold Abramson was the son of Jewish immigrants. His father, Samuel Abramson, was born in the Russian Empire, and his mother, Rose Richard, was born in England. He grew up in Harlem with sisters Estelle, nine years his senior, and Jean, who was seven years younger than him.
A psychiatrist and allergist, Abramson pioneered in the study of eczema and asthma and was one of the first Americans to do research on the effects of the hallucogenic drug LSD. At the time of his death, he was director of psychiatric research at South Oaks Hospital in Amityville, N.Y.
Abramson graduated from Columbia College in 1919 and received an M.D. from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1923. In the course of his career, he was affiliated with laboratories at Johns Hopkins and Harvard Universities, New York's Mount Sinai Hospital, and Cold Spring Harbor, as well as the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry in Berlin. He also taught at and served on the staffs of P&S and Mount Sinai.
During World War II, he headed the Long Island Biological Laboratories research project and contributed to the war effort with work involving aerosol penicillin. During the 1950s, Abramson was involved in LSD research conducted at Mount Sinai and funded by the CIA. He played a significant role in the CIA's MKULTRA program to investigate the possible applications for LSD and was an early advocate of therapeutic LSD.
Together with M. Murray Peshkin, he founded the Journal of Asthma Research, and remained its editor for seventeen years until his death.
A psychiatrist and allergist, Abramson pioneered in the study of eczema and asthma and was one of the first Americans to do research on the effects of the hallucogenic drug LSD. At the time of his death, he was director of psychiatric research at South Oaks Hospital in Amityville, N.Y.
Abramson graduated from Columbia College in 1919 and received an M.D. from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1923. In the course of his career, he was affiliated with laboratories at Johns Hopkins and Harvard Universities, New York's Mount Sinai Hospital, and Cold Spring Harbor, as well as the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry in Berlin. He also taught at and served on the staffs of P&S and Mount Sinai.
During World War II, he headed the Long Island Biological Laboratories research project and contributed to the war effort with work involving aerosol penicillin. During the 1950s, Abramson was involved in LSD research conducted at Mount Sinai and funded by the CIA. He played a significant role in the CIA's MKULTRA program to investigate the possible applications for LSD and was an early advocate of therapeutic LSD.
Together with M. Murray Peshkin, he founded the Journal of Asthma Research, and remained its editor for seventeen years until his death.
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