Ralph Angus Nixon

Background

Nixon, Ralph Angus was born on January 29, 1947 in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Ralph Angus and Eleanor Nixon.

Education

AB, Brandeis U., 1968; Doctor of Philosophy in Cell and Development Biology, Harvard University, 1974; Doctor of Medicine, U. Vermont, 1976.

Career

Intern, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1976; intern, Salem Hospital, 1977; resident in psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1977-1979; resident in psychiatry, McLean Hospital, 1979-1980; clinical associate in psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1980-1997; associate in neuroscience, Children's Hosp Medical Center, Boston, 1982-1988; staff physician, Rehabilitation Center for Aged, Boston, 1984-1990; assistant professor psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1982-1986; associate professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1986-1996; associate neuropathologist, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts, 1982-1990; associate psychiatrist, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts, 1988-1993; neuropathologist, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts, 1991; psychiatrist, 1993-1997; professor psychiatry, New York University Medical School, New York City, since 1997; director department neuroscience, director dementia research program, Nathan Kline Institute-New York University Medical Center, Orangeburg, since 1997. Member science review committee American Federation for Aging Research, 1990-1992. Member neuroscience, behavior and sociology of aging review committee, subcommittee A, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, 1991-1995, chairman, 1994-1995.

Director laboratories for molecular neuroscience McLean Hospital, 1992. Member of advisory board International Congress Alzheimer'sDisease, since 1993.

Achievements

• Ralph Angus Nixon has been listed as a notable Psychiatrist, educator, research neuroscientist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Honorary board directors Church League for Civic Concerns, Boston, 1987-1989. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society for Neurosci., Federation American Scientists, American Society for Neurochemistry, International Society for Neurochemistry, American Psychiatric Association, American Society for Cell Biology, American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, Gerontological Society American, American Association Neuropathologists.

Connections

Married Katharine Sangree Faulkner, Aug.20, 1974. Children: Abigail, Rebecca.

Father:

Ralph Angus

Mother:

Eleanor Nixon

Spouse:

Katharine Sangree Faulkner

child:

Abigail Nixon

child:

Rebecca Nixon