Floyd E. Bloom is an American

United States

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 medical researcher

Biomedical research

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 specializing in chemical neuroanatomy

Neuroanatomy

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He received an A.B.

Bachelor of Arts

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, cum laude from Southern Methodist University

Southern Methodist University

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 in 1956 and an M.D.

Doctor of Medicine

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, cum laude from the Washington University in St. Louis

Washington University in St. Louis

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 School of Medicine in 1960. The next two years he spent as an intern and resident

Residency (medicine)

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 at the Barnes-Jewish Hospital

Barnes-Jewish Hospital

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He is chairman emeritus of the Department of Neuropharmacology

Neuropharmacology

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 at The Scripps Research Institute

The Scripps Research Institute

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 in La Jolla, California, past president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

American Association for the Advancement of Science

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, former editor-in-chief of Science

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(1995–2000), director of Behavioral Neurobiology at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Salk Institute for Biological Studies

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, and chief of the Laboratory of Neuropharmacology of the National Institute of Mental Health

National Institute of Mental Health

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