Irwin Jerome Kopin

Background

Kopin, Irwin Jerome was born on March 27, 1929 in New York City. Son of Jacob and Eva (Resnick) Kopin.

Education

Bachelor of Science, McGill University, Canada, 1951; Doctor of Medicine McGill University, Canada, 1955.

Career

Intern, then resident in medicine, Boston City Hospital, 1955-1957; research associate, National Institutes of Health, 1957-1960; resident in medicine, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York City, 1960-1961; commissioned corps, National Institute of Mental Health, United States Public Health Service, Bethesda, Maryland. chief section medicine, LCS, National Institute of Mental Health, 1961-1983; chief, Laboratory Clinical Science, National Institute of Mental Health, 1968-1983; associate director clinical research, IRP, National Institute of Mental Health, 1982-1983; director division intramural research, NINCDS, National Institutes of Health, 1983-1994; chief clinical neuroscience branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, since 1994.

Achievements

• Irwin Jerome Kopin has been listed as a noteworthy Physician, pharmacologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American College Neuropsychopharmacology, Society Neurosci. (president 1991), Association American Physicians, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Society Bichemistry and MolecularBiology, American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Association Resch.Nervous and Mental Disease (president 1970).

Connections

Married Rita Brownstein. Children: Judith R., Alan S., Gail A.

Father:

Jacob Kopin

Mother:

Eva (Resnick) Kopin

Spouse:

Rita Brownstein

child:

Alan S. Kopin

child:

Gail A. Kopin

child:

Judith R. Kopin