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Meltzer, Herbert Yale was born on July 29, 1937 in Brooklyn. Son of David and Estelle (Gross) Meltzer.
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Herbert Yale Meltzer
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Herbert Yale Meltzer, American Psychiatry educator. Diplomate American Board Neurology and Psychiatry. Recipient Efron prize American College Neuropsychopharmacology, 1981, Noyes prize for schizophrenia research Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1990, Sachar awardColumbia U., gold medal Society Biological Psychiatry, 1993, Dean prize American College Psychiatry, 1996.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1958; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1959; Doctor of Medicine Yale University, 1963.
Career
Professor, University of Chicago, 1968-1985; director biological psychiatry laboratory, Illinois State Psychiatric Institute, Chicago, 1975-1984; Bond professor psychiatry, Case Western Reserve U., Cleveland, 1985-1996; director psychiatric research, University Hospital, Cleveland, 1985-1996; professor psychiatry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, since 1996; director, division psychopharmacology, since 1996.
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Membership
Member National Institute of Mental Health, American College Neuropsychopharmacology (president 1984-1985), American Psychiatric Association, Society Biological Psychiatry (editorial board), National Alliance Research Schizophrenia Affective Disorders (Lieber prize 1992).
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Married Sharon Rae Bittenson, June 12, 1960. Children— David, Danielle.
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American
Awards
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Recipient Efron prize American College Neuropsychopharmacology, 1981, Noyes prize for schizophrenia research Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1990, Sachar awardColumbia U., gold medal Society Biological Psychiatry, 1993, Dean prize American College Psychiatry, 1996.Recipient Efron prize American College Neuropsychopharmacology, 1981, Noyes prize for schizophrenia research Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1990, Sachar awardColumbia U., gold medal Society Biological Psychiatry, 1993, Dean prize American College Psychiatry, 1996.