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1998 Distinguished Service Award

Dr. David Cohen 

Current Appointments

Columbia University
Vice President of Arts and Sciences and Dean of the Faculty, 1995-Present

Professor of Biological Sciences and Professor of Neurobiology in Psychiatry, 1995-Present

Past Appointments

Northwestern University
Provost (1992-95); Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School (1986-92)

SUNY at Stony Brook
Leading Professor and Chair of Neurobiology (1979-86)

University of Virginia
Associate Professor (1968-71) and Professor (1971-79) of Physiology and Chairman of Neuroscience (1975-79).

Case Western Reserve University
Assistant Professor of Physiology (1964-68)

UCLA
National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Physiology (1963-64)

Education

University of California, Berkeley - Ph.D. (1963); Harvard University - B.A. (1960)

Professional Activities

President, Society for Neuroscience (1981); Central Council, International Brain Research Organization (1978-82); Chairman, International Conference of Neuroscience Society Presidents (1982-83); Chairman, Association of American Medical Colleges (1989).

Editor, Neuroscience Newsletter (1975-80); Associate Editor, Experimental Neurology (1977-82); Editorial Board, Physiological Reviews (1977-82); Associate Editor, Journal of Neuroscience (1980-85).

Various research review and advisory committees at the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation.  Various committees of the National Academy of Sciences, Advisory Committee for the Directorate of Biological, Behavioral and Social Science Research, National Science Foundation.  Advisory Board for Life Science Research, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, TARA Team Member, Department of Defense.  Visiting Committees for various schools at various universities.

Executive Committee, Governor of Illinois' Scientific Advisory Committee; Board of Overseers, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and Chair of Administrative Committee; Board of Governors, Argonne National Laboratory and Chair of Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee; Board of Directors, National Association of Biomedical Research; Board of Directors, Research Libraries Group; Board of Directors, Virginia Neurological Institute; Board of Directors, Zenith Electronics Corporation; Board of Directors, TOPCORP Corporation; Board of Directors, Learning Sciences Corporation; Board of Directors, Columbia University Press, New York Structural Biology Center.

 

 

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