Background
Taub, Edward was born on October 22, 1931 in Brooklyn. Son of Samuel Hart and Ida Pearl (Kimmel) Taub.
Taub, Edward was born on October 22, 1931 in Brooklyn. Son of Samuel Hart and Ida Pearl (Kimmel) Taub.
Bachelor, Brooklyn College, 1953. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, 1969.
Research assistant Columbia University, New York City, 1956. Research assistant department experimental neurology Jewish Chronic Disease Hospital, 1957-1960, research associate, 1960-1968. Director Behavioral Biology Center, Institute for Behavioral Research, 1968-1983.
Associate director Institute for Behavioral Research, 1978-1983. University professor psychology University Alabama, Birmingham, 1986—2000, since 2000. Standing guest professor University Konstanz, Germany, 1995—2002.
Guest professor University Jena, Germany, 1996—2002. Assistant professor department psychiatry Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1972-1982. Visiting professor graduate program department psychology City University of New York, 1984-1985.
Visiting professor University Tuebingen, University Muenster, Humboldt University, Germany, 1993—2001.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (president psychological section 2009), American Psychological Association (executive committee division 6, Distinguished Science award for the applications of psychology 2004), Society for Behavioral Medicine, American Psychological Society (charter, William James Fellow award 1997). Member Society for Neurosci. (named one of 10 leading translational research projects in neuroscience in the 20th Century 2003), Biofeedback Society of America (president 1978-1979, Outstanding Research Contribution award 1988), American Physiological Society (executive committee neuroscience section 1988-1991).
Married Mildred Allen Taub, August 13, 1959.