The Oxford Encyclopedia of Neuroendocrine and Autonomic Systems

ISBN-13: 9780190464912 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 1408 str.

Randy J. Nelson

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Randy J. Nelson holds the Hazel Ruby McQuain Chair for Neurological Research in the WVU School of Medicine and is director of basic science research in the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, as well as across the University. He also leads the neuroscience PhD program as one of the seven biomedical science PhD programs at the Health Sciences Center, and serves as a professor and inaugural chair in the new Department of Neuroscience. Professor Nelson earned his AB and MA degrees in Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. He earned a PhD in Psychology in 1983, as well as a second PhD in Endocrinology in 1984, both from UC Berkeley. He then completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute for Reproductive Biology at the University of Texas, Austin. Professor Nelson served on the faculty at The Johns Hopkins University from 1986 until 2000, where he was a professor of psychology, neuroscience, biochemistry, and molecular biology. He then served on the faculty at The Ohio State University from 2000 - 2018, during which time he served as Distinguished University Professor, as well as the co-director of both the Neuroscience Research Institute (2014-2018) and the Neuroscience Graduate Studies Program (2003-2009). He was also the faculty lead of the Chronic Brain Injuries Discovery Theme. Nelson has published nearly 500 research articles and more than 10 books describing studies in biological rhythms, behavioral neuroendocrinology, and immune function.