Irving I. Gottesman is a psychiatric geneticist

Psychiatric genetics

Psychiatric genetics, a subfield of behavioral neurogenetics, studies the role of genetics in psychological conditions such as alcoholism, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and autism. The basic principle behind psychiatric genetics is that genetic polymorphisms, as indicated by linkage to e.g...

 who devoted most of his career to the study of the genetics of schizophrenia

Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by a disintegration of thought processes and of emotional responsiveness. It most commonly manifests itself as auditory hallucinations, paranoid or bizarre delusions, or disorganized speech and thinking, and it is accompanied by significant social...

. The Web of Science

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 lists over 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals

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 that have been cited over 8000 times, with an h-index

H-index

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 of 47. Gottesman is currently professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota

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, where he received his Ph. D.

Awards

In 1990, Gottesman received the Dobzhansky Lifetime Achievement Award from the Behavior Genetics Association

Behavior Genetics Association

The Behavior Genetics Association is a learned society that was established in 1970 and promotes research into the connection between heredity and behavior.- Aims :...

, followed in 1997 by the Lifetime Achievement Award of the International Society for Psychiatric Genetics

International Society for Psychiatric Genetics

The International Society of Psychiatric Genetics is a learned society that aims to "promote and facilitate research in the genetics of psychiatric disorders, substance use disorders and allied traits". To this end, among other things, it organizes an annual "World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics"...

, and in 2007 by the Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Science of Psychology from the American Psychological Foundation.