Simon LeVay, PhD Biography
- Title:
- Neurologist and Co-Founder of the Institute of Gay and Lesbian Education
- Position:
- Pro to the question "Is Sexual Orientation Determined at Birth?"
- Reasoning:
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“Although quite a few of the findings [on studies regarding the basis of sexual orientation] are inconsistent between studies or await independent replication, my general conclusion is that biological processes, especially the prenatal, hormonally-controlled sexual differentiation of the brain, are likely to influence a person’s ultimate sexual orientation.”
“The Biology of Sexual Orientation,” www.simonlevay.com, updated Apr. 2009
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Director, Human Biology 10: Human Sexuality, Stanford University, 2003
- Lecturer, Stanford University, 2003
- Member of Advisory Board, School’s Out!, Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center, 1996-1999
- Co-Founder and Chair of Board of Directors, Institute of Gay and Lesbian Education, West Hollywood, CA, 1992-1998
- Member, NASA Astrobiology Roadmap Committee, 1998
- Instructor, Institute of Gay and Lesbian Education, 1992-1997
- Community Service Award, Southern California Physicians for Human Rights, 1993
- Howard Brown Award, Christopher Street West, 1993
- Adjunct Associate Professor of Biology, University of California, San Diego, 1985-1993
- Associate Professor, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, 1984-1993
- Affiliate and Member of Working Committee, Program in Neurosciences, Harvard University, 1983-1984
- Associate Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, 1980-1984
- Research Career Development Award, National Institutes of Health, 1976-1982
- Assistant Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, 1975-1980
- Instructor, Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, 1972-1974
- Education:
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- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School, 1972-1974
- PhD, Neuroanatomy, University of Göttingen, Germany, 1971
- BA, Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge, England, 1966
- Other:
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