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Moussa B. H. Youdim (born, February 28, 1940) is an Israeli neuroscientist specializing in neurochemistry and neuropharmacology. He is the discoverer of both monoamine oxidase (MAO) B inhibitors l-deprenyl and rasagiline as anti-Parkinson drugs which possess neuroprotective activities.
Michael L. J. Apuzzo (born May 22, 1940) is an American academic neurological surgeon, the Edwin M. Todd/Trent H. Wells, Jr. Professor Emeritus of Neurological Surgery and Radiation Oncology, Biology, and Physics at the Keck School of Medicine, of the University of Southern California.
The Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award (R37) was established in October 1983 [32] to honor the late U. S. Senator Jacob K. Javits, "a strong advocate for support of research in a wide variety of disorders of the brain and nervous system" who had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
In 1949, Dominick P. Purpura earned his Bachelor's degree from Columbia University. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Medical School [4] with a Medical degree. . Purpura went on to teach at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons before being recruited to teach and be the chair of anatomy at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in 1
Ali R. Rezai (born 1965) [1] is an Iranian-born American neurosurgeon and neuroscientist. [2] [3] His work and research has focused on neuromodulation treatments for patients with neurological and mental health conditions, [4] including neuromodulation techniques such as deep brain stimulation (DBS) through brain chip implants to treat Parkinson's disease tremors, obsessive–compulsive ...
[16] [17] As executive chair of the Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute and the John D. Rockefeller IV Chair in neuroscience, Rezai is recognized as a pioneer [18] [19] [20] in neuromodulation technologies to treat Parkinson's disease, obsessive–compulsive disorder, Alzheimer's disease and traumatic brain injury. [16] [21] [22]
She was the co-chair of the Department of Psychology's Diversity Committee for a number of years. As of March 2021, she was the director of admissions and an associate chair of the Graduate Program in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science. She was elected to the board of trustees at Randolph–Macon College in April 2021. [2]
Anne Schaefer is a neuroscientist, professor of Neuroscience, vice-chair of Neuroscience, and director of the Center for Glial Biology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. Schaefer investigates the epigenetic mechanisms of cellular plasticity and their role in the regulation of microglia -neuron interactions.