LARRY W. SWANSON

PERSONAL DATA:

Date and Place of Birth:

December 13, 1945
Camp LeJeune, North Carolina

Nationality:

United States

DEGREES:

Ph.D., Neurobiology, Washington University 1972
St. Louis, MO (Laboratory of L.G. Sharpe)

B.A., Chemistry, Pomona College 1968
Claremont, CA

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ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

1995-Present

Milo Don and Lucille Appleman Professor of Biological Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

 

1990-Present

Professor, Departments of Biological Sciences, Psychology and Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

 

1980-1986-1990

Adjunct Professor from Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, CA

1980-1984-1990
Senior Member from Staff Scientist, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA

 

1985-1990

Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, La Jolla, CA

 

1979-1980

Assistant Professor of Neurobiology, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

 

1979 (Summer)

Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy (Laboratory of H.G.J.M. Kuypers), Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

 

1979 (Summer)

Visiting Associate Professor, Institute of Anatomy, (Laboratory of W. Harkmark), University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

 

1976-1979

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

 

1974-1976

Research Associate, Department of Biology (Laboratory of R. Levi-Montalcini), Washington University, St. Louis, MO

 

1972-1974

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Anatomy (Laboratory of W.M. Cowan) Washington University, St. Louis, MO

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HONORS AND PROFESSIONAL DUTIES:

Awards:

• A.P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship in Neuroscience, 1978-1980
  
  
• C.J. Herrick Award (American Association of Anatomists), 1980
  
  
• McKnight Neuroscience Development Award, 1985-1987
  
  
• Javits Neuroscience Investigator [MERIT] Award NINDS, 1986-1992
  
  
• 100 most cited scientific researchers of the 1980s (Inst. Sci. Information)

• 100 most cited neuroscience researchers, 1980-2000 (Institute for Scientific Information). 2001
  
  
• Doctor of Laws (honoris causa), Concordia University, Montreal, 2003

Committees:

• NIH Study Section; Neurology-B, Subcommittee I (now Neurobiology), 1981-1985
  
  
• NIMH Neurobiology Section Program Evaluation Committee; Chair, Neural
  Organization Panel, 1983
  
  

• Society for Neuroscience: Nominating Committee, 1987; Committee on Neuroscience
  Literacy, 1992-Present (Co-chair, High School Workshop Committee, 1994-1995);
  Gerard Prize Selection Committee, 1993, 1996; Chair Committee on the History of
  Neuroscience (1995-1998), Secretary (1999-2001)

• Hereditary Disease Foundation Scientific Advisory Board, 1996-2000.

Lectures:

• Grass Foundation Lectures: Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, 1983; Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, 1984; East Tennessee State University, 1985; University of Western Ontario, 1985; University of Oklahoma, 1986; University of Vermont, 1987; Washington State University, 1988; Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA 1989; Purdue University, 1990; Notheastern Ohio University College of Medicine, 1991; University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1992; Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 1995
  
  
• Tarbox Distinguished Neuroscienctist Lecture, Texas Tech University, 1985
  
  
• Chris Evans Memorial Lecture, Brain Research Association, Birmingham, England, 1986
  
  
• Distinguished Lecture in Anatomy, University of California, Los Angeles, 1986
  
  
• Swammerdam Lecture, Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, Amsterdam, 1988
  
  
• Olszweski Lecture, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, 1989
  
  
• Plenary Lecture, European Brain and Behavior Society, Stockholm, Sweden, 1990
  
  

• Keynote Lecture, Canadian Federation of Biological Sciences, Windsor, Ottawa, 1993
  
  
• Markey Charitable Trust Lecture, University of Rochester, New York, 1994
  
  
• Presidential Plenary Lecturer, Society for Biological Psychiatry, 50th Anniversary Meeting, New York, 1996
  
  
• Special Lecture, Society for Neuroscience, Los Angeles, CA 1998
  
  
• Distinguished Lecture in Neuroscience, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, 1999
  
  
• McKnight Foundation President's Lecture, Aspen 2004
  

Consulting:

• World Bank Consultant to Beijing Medical College, People's Republic of China, 1984
• Special Project on Instinct, Japan (Tsukaba, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Hiroshima), 1987
• Scientific Advisory Board, Renovis, Inc., 2001-2003

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Teaching:

• Teacher of the Year, Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, 1983, 1985, 1986; Chair, Core Curriculum Committee, Neurosciences Program, Univesity of California, San Diego, 1986-1989

Administration:

• Chair, Neuroscience Committee, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 1989
• Faculty Senate Executive Committee, University of Southern California, 1992-1993
• Director, Research and Graduate Program in Neurobiology, University of Southern California, 1993-1998
• Founding Coordinator, Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Southern California, 1997-2004
• Dean of Research, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, University of Southern California, 1998-2000
• Director, NIBS-NeuroscienceProgram , University of Southern California, 2001-Present
• Chair, Provost's Neuroscience Advisory Group, University of Southern California, 2001-present

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Societies:

• American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Fellow, 2003)
• American Association for the Advancement of Science (Fellow, 2002)
• American Association for the History of Medicine
• Cajal Club (President-Elect, 2002)
• International Behavioral Neuroscience Society
• International Society for Autonomic Neuroscience (International Steering Committee)
• International Society for the History of the Neurosciences
• Society for Neuroscience (Secretary, 1998-2000)

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Editorial Boards:

• Journal of Neuroscience (Associate Editor) 1984-1987
• Neuroendocrinology (Board Member) 1984-1988, 1994-1999
• Trends in Neuroscience (Editorial Board Member) 1986-1992
• Experimental Brain Research (Member, Board of Editors) 1984-Present
• European Journal of Neuroscience (Founding Editorial Board Member) 1987-Present
• Brain Research Bulletin (Editorial Advisory Board Member ) 1988-Present
• Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences (Associate Editor) 1989-1994
• Encyclopedia of Neuroscience (Editorial Board Member) 1993-Present
• Journal of Comparative Neurology (Editorial Board Member) 1993-Present
• Brain Research (Editorial Board Member) 1993-2002
• Brain Research Reviews (Editorial Board Member) 1993-Present
• Journal of the History of Neurosciences (Editorial Board Member) 1995-Present
• Handbook of Behavioral Neurobiology (Editorial Board) 1995-Present

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