Rate Professor Stanley Watson

Academic Profile

Academic Background: M.D., University of Michigan, 1976; Ph.D., Neuroscience, University of Michigan, 1974; B.S., Stanford University, 1968.

Research Interests: Molecular neuroscience, psychiatric disorders, and neuropeptide systems.

Appointments: Ralph Waldo Gerard Professor of Neurosciences, University of Michigan, 1985–present; Co-Director, Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Institute.

Awards: NIMH MERIT Award, 1995; Society for Neuroscience Lifetime Achievement Award, 2018.

Publications:

• Molecular Neurobiology of Addiction (Oxford University Press, 2010)
• Neuropeptides in psychiatric disease (Science, 2015)

Additional Contributions: Editorial board, Biological Psychiatry; mentor for NIH training grants.