Background
Frishman, Laura Jean was born on December 21, 1947 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Daniel and Ruth Lenore (Bolker) Frishman.
Frishman, Laura Jean was born on December 21, 1947 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Daniel and Ruth Lenore (Bolker) Frishman.
Bachelor in Sociology and Biology, Vassar College, 1969; Master of Science in Psychobiology, U. Pittsburgh, 1975; Doctor of Philosophy in Psychobiology, U. Pittsburgh, 1979; postgraduate, Northwestern University, 1979-1983.
Research assistant, Harvard, Princeton University, 1969-1972;
assistant research physiologist, University of California, San Francisco, 1983-1990;
associate professor optometry, U. Houston, since 1990. Visiting scientist University of Michigan, 1990, U. Zurich, 1990. Adjunct assistant professor ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, 1987-1990.
Editorial board Visual Neuroscience, 1993-1995, associate editor, since 1997.
Active animal care committee U. Houston since 1991, faculty senate, since 1992, faculty life committee, 1992, education policies committee, 1993, faculty affairs committee, since 1994, research initiation grant and peer review committee, 1991, 96. Grant reviewer National Institutes of Health, since 1995, National Science Foundation, since 1991. Member Association Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Society Neuroscience, International Society Clinical Electrophysiology Vision, American Society Advancement Sciences, Sigma Xi.
Married Dan Schweitzer-Tong, June 4, 1972 (divorced February 1980).