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Marina Picciotto
born 1963
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryMarina Rachel Picciotto is an American neuroscientist known for her work on the role of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in addiction, memory, and reward behaviors. She is the Charles B. G. Murphy Professor of Psychiatry and professor in the Child Study Center and the Departments of Neuroscience and of Pharmacology at the Yale University School of Medicine. She is currently president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
June 22, 1963
Bloomington
Citizenship
United States
Occupations & fields
neuroscientistresearcherpsychiatristuniversity teacher
Awards & honours
National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer AwardFellow of the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceMarion Spencer Fay AwardJacob P. Waletzky AwardFellow of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
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