Floyd E. Bloom
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| Born | 1936 (age 87–88) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Woodrow Wilson High School (Dallas) Southern Methodist University Washington University in St. Louis |
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| Fields | Neuroanatomy |
| Institutions | The Scripps Research Institute Salk Institute for Biological Studies |
Floyd E. Bloom (born 1936 in Minneapolis, Minnesota[1]) is an American medical researcher specializing in chemical neuroanatomy.[2]
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.[2] The next two years he spent as an intern and resident at the Barnes-Jewish Hospital.[3]
He is chairman emeritus of the Department of NeuropharmacologyatThe Scripps Research InstituteinLa 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.[4] In 1989, he was inducted into the Woodrow Wilson High School Hall of Fame.[5] He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society.[6][7][8]
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