Saul Shiffman, Ph.D., is a world-renowned researcher in the fields of addiction and dependence, behavior change and relapse, self-management and self-control, field research methodology and statistical analysis.

Since 1991, he has been a professor in the departments of psychology and pharmaceutical science at the University of Pittsburgh, positions he retains while working with Pinney Associates. Saul has taught in the departments of psychology and psychiatry and behavioral medicine at various universities, including the University of South Florida, the University of Washington, and the University of Pittsburgh.

While earning his master's in psychology and his doctorate in clinical psychology from University of California in Los Angeles in 1974 and 1981 respectively, Saul served as a statistical consultant and a staff research associate at UCLA's Department of Psychiatry. He is also a summa cum laude graduate of the City University of New York's Brooklyn College.

Saul has authored or co-authored over 100 published papers on a variety of topics related to psychopharmacology, substance abuse, dependence, relapse, coping, and computerized assessments of behavior, and has presented widely in medical and scientific forums.

A fellow of numerous professional societies, Saul has served as a scientific reviewer and editorial board member for several medical and scientific journals, and on grant review standing committees.  In 2007, Saul was awarded Good Clinical Practice Journal's inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his work on real-time, real-world data collection with eDiaries.