The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Nancy C. Andreasen
Title:
Andrew H. Woods Chair of Psychiatry
Affiliation:
University of Iowa College of Medicine
Iowa City,Iowa USA
Gender:
Female
Award Discipline:
Biological Sciences
Award Year:
2000
Citation:
"For her pivotal contributions to the social and behavioral sciences, through the integrative study of mind, brain, and behavior, by joining behavioral science with the technologies of neuroscience and neuroimaging in order to understand mental processes such as memory and creativity, and mental illnesses such as schizophrenia."
Presented by Dr. Neal Lane, Assistant to the President for Science & Technology, at a black-tie dinner awards ceremony at the National Building Museum, Washington, DC, Friday, December 1, 2000.