Biography
Solomon Halbert Snyder (born December 26, 1938) is an American neuroscientist who has made wide-ranging contributions to neuropharmacology and neurochemistry . He studied at Georgetown University , and has conducted the majority of his research at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine . Many advances in molecular neuroscience have stemmed from Snyder's identification of receptors for neurotransmitters and drugs, and elucidation of the actions of psychotropic agents. [ 2 ] He received the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1978 for his research on the opioid receptor , and is one of the most highly cited researchers in the biological and biomedical sciences, with the highest h -index in those fields for the years 1983–2002, [ 3 ] and then from 2007 to 2019. Solomon Snyder was born on December 26, 1938, in Washington D.C. He is one of five children. [ 2 ] Snyder and his wife Elaine, who died in 2016, have two daughters and three grandchildren. He lives in Baltimore , Maryland . Snyder attended Georgetown University from 1955 to 1958 and received his M.D. degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine in 1962. After a medical residency at the Kaiser Hospital in San Francisco, he served as a research associate from 1963 to 1965 at the National Institutes of Health , where he studied under Julius Axelrod . Snyder moved to the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine to complete his residency in psychiatry from 1965 to 1968. He was appointed to the faculty there in 1966 as Assistant Professor of Pharmacology. In 1968 he was promoted to associate professor of Pharmacology and Psychiatry and in 1970 to full professor in both departments. Education: Georgetown University
About the Lasker Award
The Lasker Awards have been awarded annually since 1946 to living persons who have made major contributions to medical science or who have performed public service on behalf of medicine. They are administered by the Lasker Foundation, founded by advertising pioneer Albert Lasker and his wife Mary Woodard Lasker (a medical research activist). The awards are sometimes referred to as "America's Nobels."
Quick Facts
- Award: Lasker Award - Basic Medical Research
- Added: 2026-02-07
- Source: Wikipedia
- Established: 1946
- Presented by: Lasker Foundation