Last updated on:
2/4/2013 |
Author: ProCon.org
Dick Swaab, PhD, MD Biography
- Title:
- Former Director of the Netherlands Institute for Brain Research)
- Position:
- Not Clearly Pro or Con to the question "Is Sexual Orientation Determined at Birth?"
- Reasoning:
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“[I]n addition to genetic factors, a multitude of environmental and psychosocial factors may have profound influence on the sexual differentiation of the brain.”
Journal of Homosexuality, June 21, 1995
- Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
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Key Experts
MD's and PhD's in psychology, with significant post-doctorate involvement in human sexuality issues. [Note: Key Experts definition varies by sites that have this designation.] - Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Series Editor, Handbook of Clinical Neurology series (new third series), Elsevier, 2002-present
- Associate Editor, Journal of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Medicine, 2002-present
- Editorial Board Member, Neurobiology of Aging, 1990-present
- Editorial Board Member, Advances in Neurosciences, 1988-present
- Professor of Neurobiology, University of Amsterdam, 1979-present
- Leader, Swaab Research Group, Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, 1978-present
- Director, Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, 1978-2005
- Founder and Director, Netherlands Brain Bank, 1985-2005
- Lifetime Achievement Award in Alzheimer’s Disease Research, Alzheimer’s Association, 2002
- Federa Prize, Federation of Medical Scientific Societies, 2000
- Companion in the Order of the Dutch Lion, bestowed by her Royal Highness Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, 1998
- Acting Director, Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, 1975-1978
- Education:
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- PhD, University of Amsterdam, 1970
- MD, University of Amsterdam, 1968
- Bachelor of Medicine, University of Amsterdam, 1966
- Other:
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