John Medina

John J. Medina is a developmental molecular biologist with special research interests in the isolation and characterization of genes involved in human brain development and the genetics of psychiatric disorders. Founding director of the Talaris Research Institute in Seattle Washington, Medina has spent most of his professional life as a private research consultant, working primarily in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries on research issues related to mental health. He is an affiliate professor of Bioengineering at the University of Washington School of Medicine and is the director of the Brain Center for Applied Learning Research at Seattle Pacific University. Dr. Medina writes the "Molecules of the Mind" column for the Psychiatric Times.

Education

Dr. Medina earned his doctorate in molecular biology from Washington State University and is a national faculty fellow of Continuing Medical Education, Inc., of Irvine, CA. In 2004, he was appointed to the rank of affiliate scholar at the National Academy of Engineering. [http://www.pbs.org/parents/experts/archive/medina-bio.html [1] ]

Video Lecture

Dr. Medina spoke about his new book "Brain Rules" at Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters as part of the Authors@Google program. This lecture was recorded Tuesday, April 8, 2008 and can be viewed at http://www.brainrules.net/

Books

*Brain Rules, a distillation of modern neuroscience applied to everyday life. See http://www.brainrules.net
*The Outer Limits of Life
*Depression: How it happens, How it's healed
*What You Need to Know About Alzheimer's
*The Clock of Ages
*The Genetic Inferno: Inside the Seven Deadly Sins
*Uncovering the Mystery of AIDS
*Of Serotonin, Dopamine and Antipsychotic Medications

External links

* http://www.johnmedina.com
* http://www.brainrules.net