Bryan Kolb received his Ph.D. from the Pennsylvania State University in 1973. He conducted postdoctoral work at the University of Western Ontario and the Montreal Neurological Institute. He moved to the University of Lethbridge in 1976, where he is currently a Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience. His current research examines how neurons of the cerebral cortex change in response to various factors, including hormones, experience, drugs, neurotrophins, and injury, and how these changes are related to behavior in normal and diseased brains. Kolb is a Killam Fellow (Canada Council), and a Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association, the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, and the Royal Society of Canada. He is a recipient of the Hebb Prize from CPA, and is a former president of the Canadian Society for Brain, Behavior, and Cognitive Science
Ian Whishaw received his Ph.D. from the University of Western Ontario in 1971. He moved to the University of Lethbridge in 1970, where he is currently a Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience and holds a Board of Governors Chair in Neuroscience. He has had visiting appointments at the University of Texas, the University of Michigan, Cambridge University, and the University of Strasbourg, France. He is also a Fellow of Clair Hall, Cambridge. His current research examines how the precise details of bodily movements are influenced by injury or disease to the motor systems of rodents and humans. Whishaw is a Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association, the American Psychological Association, and the Royal Society of Canada. He is a recipient of a bronze medal from the Canadian Humane Society, a recipient of the Ingrid Speaker Medal, and president of NeuroDetective Inc. |
