Floyd E. Bloom

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name = Floyd E. Bloom

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birth_date = birth year and age|1936
birth_place = Minneapolis, Minnesota
nationality = United States
field = Neuroanatomy
work_institutions = The Scripps Research Institute
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
alma_mater = Southern Methodist University
Washington University in St. Louis
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Floyd E. Bloom (born 1936 in Minneapolis, Minnesota [cite web
title = Floyd E. Bloom, M.D.: Council Member
publisher = The President's Council on Bioethics
url = http://www.bioethics.gov/about/bloom.htm
accessdate = 2008-01-20 ] ) is an American medical researcher specializing in chemical neuroanatomy.cite web
title = Faculty: Floyd Bloom
publisher = The Scripps Research Institute
url = http://www.scripps.edu/research/faculty.php?rec_id=1534
accessdate = 2008-01-20 ]

He received an A.B., cum laude from Southern Methodist University in 1956 and an M.D., cum laude from the Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine in 1960. The next two years he spent as an intern and resident at the Barnes-Jewish Hospital. [cite news
last = Dreifus
first = Claudia
title = A conversation with: Floyd Bloom; A Zealous Quest for Chemicals to Heal Ailing Brains
publisher = "The New York Times"
date = 2003-05-06
url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9802E4DC103CF935A35756C0A9659C8B63
accessdate = 2008-01-20 ]

He is chairman emeritus of the Department of Neuropharmacology at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, past president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, former editor-in-chief of "Science" (1995–2000), director of Behavioral Neurobiology at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, and chief of the Laboratory of Neuropharmacology of the National Institute of Mental Health. [cite web
title = Board of Advisors: Floyd E. Bloom, M.D.
publisher = Center for Ethics in Science & Technology
url = http://www.ethicscenter.net/People/Board_of_Advisors/Bloom.html
accessdate = 2008-01-20 ]

References

External links

* [http://www.scripps.edu/ The Scripps Research Institute]