Background
Akil, Huda was born on May 19, 1945 in Damascus, Syria. Daughter of Fakher and Widad (Al-Imam) Akil. came to the United States, 1968.
educator researcher neuroscientist
Akil, Huda was born on May 19, 1945 in Damascus, Syria. Daughter of Fakher and Widad (Al-Imam) Akil. came to the United States, 1968.
Bachelor, American U., Beirut, Lebanon, 1966; Master of Arts, American U., Beirut, Lebanon, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Los Angeles, 1972.
Postdoctoral fellow, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, 1974-1978;
from assistant professor to professor psychiatry and neuroscience, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, since 1979. Member of advisory board Neurex Corporation, Menlo Park, California, since 1986, Neurobiol. Technologies, Inc., 1994-1997.
Secretary International Narcotics Research Conference, 1990-1994.
Fellow American College Neuropsychopharmacology (president 1997-1998), University of Michigan Society Fellows. Member Institute Medicine/NAS.
Married Stanley Jack Watson Junior, December 21, 1972. Children: Brendon Omar, Kathleen Tamara.