Dr. Patrick S. Bordnick is a Professor at the University of Houston-Graduate College of Social Work. Dr. Bordnick is the director of the Child and Family Center for Innovative Research and the Virtual Reality Clinical Research Lab. He has over fifteen years experience in clinical and laboratory research on addictions and mental health issues. Research interest areas include clinical trials, treatment development, human laboratory studies, virtual reality, and international adoption. Dr. Bordnick has been funded as a research fellow and has individual grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Bordnick is Co-researcher on many NIH funded projects and has had numerous state and privately funded projects. Dr. Bordnick received an international award in 2004 for outstanding scientific merit in VR drug abuse research from the Canada Chair in Cyber Psychology. He is also a licensed clinical social worker in Texas.
Dr. Bordnick is the father of three adopted girls from China and worked with Great Wall China Adoption's Hope Camp last April in China. His wife, Allison, is a regional officer for Great Wall China Adoption and helps to educated parents on the China Waiting Child program.
Dr. Bordnick has published a preliminary investigation of the effectiveness of attachment therapy for children with reactive attachment disorder in the Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal.