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Robert Sapolsky
Professor, Biological Sciences and Neurology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Area(s) of expertise: Systems/behavioral neuroscience, cellular neurobiology, molecular neurobiology
Language(s) spoken: English
Contact Information:
650-723-2649
sapolsky@stanford.edu
More Information: www-med.stanford.edu/sbrc/phd/faculty/
phd_fac_list/sapolsky.html
PIO Contact: Earl Lane
202-326-6431
elane@aaas.org
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Robert Sapolsky is professor of biological sciences and professor of neurology and neurological sciences at Stanford University. Sapolsky, a neuroendocrinologist, has focused his research on issues of stress and neuron degeneration, as well as on the possibilities of gene therapy strategies for help in protecting susceptible neurons from disease. In his well-known book, Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: An Updated Guide to Stress, Stress-Related Diseases and Coping (Freeman 1994, second edition 1998), Sapolsky examines how prolonged stress can cause or contribute to damaging physical and mental afflictions. His lab was among the first to document that stress can damage the neurons of the hippocampus. He is currently working on gene transfer techniques to strengthen neurons against the disabling effects of glucocorticoids. Sapolsky has received numerous honors and awards for his work, including the MacArthur Fellowship, an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, the Klingenstein Fellowship in Neuroscience, and the American Association of the Advancement of Science Fellowship. He received the National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award and the Young Investigator of the Year Awards from the Society for Neuroscience, the Biological Psychiatry Society, and the International Society for Psychoneuro-Endocrinology. Author of numerous science articles, he is on the editorial boards of several journals, including the Journal of Neuroscience, Psychoneuroendocrinology, and Stress, and was a contributing editor for The Sciences. Sapolsky received his A.B. in biological anthropology from Harvard University, graduating summa cum laude and Phi
Beta Kappa, and completed his Ph.D. in neuroendocrinology at The Rockefeller University.
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