Huda Akil
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Huda Akil is a neuroscientist
whose pioneering research has contributed to the understanding of the neurobiology of emotions. She is the co-director of the Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Institute, and Gardner C. Quarton Distinguished Professor of Neurosciences in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan
Medical School. She is also the co-director of the University of Michigan
node of the Pritzker Neuropsychiatric Disorders Research Consortium.
She is a former president of the Society for Neuroscience (2002-2003) and an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences
(2011).
Neuroscience
Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system. Traditionally, neuroscience has been seen as a branch of biology. However, it is currently an interdisciplinary science that collaborates with other fields such as chemistry, computer science, engineering, linguistics, mathematics,...
whose pioneering research has contributed to the understanding of the neurobiology of emotions. She is the co-director of the Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Institute, and Gardner C. Quarton Distinguished Professor of Neurosciences in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
Medical School. She is also the co-director of the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
node of the Pritzker Neuropsychiatric Disorders Research Consortium.
She is a former president of the Society for Neuroscience (2002-2003) and an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences
United States National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine." As a national academy, new members of the organization are elected annually by current members, based on their distinguished and...
(2011).
External Links
- Huda Akil at the Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience InstituteMental Health Research Institute (Michigan)The Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Institute at the University of Michigan is an interdisciplinary research institute, which played a key role in the development of general systems theory...