Background
Seeman, Philip was born on February 8, 1934 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Son of Jacob and Fanny (Wigdor) Seeman.
neurochemistry researcher pharmacology educator
Seeman, Philip was born on February 8, 1934 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Son of Jacob and Fanny (Wigdor) Seeman.
Bachelor of Science, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 1955; Master of Science, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 1956; Doctor of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, Rockefeller U., 1966.
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Seeman was raised in Montreal. In 1966, he received a Ph.D. in Life Sciences from Rockefeller University. In 1967, Seeman became an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Toronto.
In 1970, he was appointed a Professor. In 1974, having spent years in search for the binding site of antipsychotic medication, he discovered the dopamine D2 receptor, the basis for the dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia. In 1985, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
Fellow Royal Society Canada. Member American Society Pharmacology, Society Neurosci., American College Neuropsychopharmacology.
Married Mary V. Szwarc. Children: Marc, Bob, Neil.