David A. McCormick PhD

Dorys McConnell Duberg Professor of Neurobiology; Vice Director, Yale Kavli Institute for Neuroscience

Biographical Info

B.A., B.S. 1979 Mathematics and Psychology from Purdue University
Ph.D. 1983 from Stanford University
Faculty, Yale University School of Medicine 1987 to present.

Interests: Cellular mechanisms by which the cerebral cortex operates, both normally and abnormally, using a variety of electrophysiological and advanced imaging techniques.

Education & Training

Ph.D.

Stanford University (1983)

Honors & Recognition

• Predoctoral Fellowship
  NIMH (1981)
• Yngve Zotterman Prize
  Swedish Physiological Society (2001)
• Dorys McConnel Duberg Chair
  Yale University School of Medicine (2008)
• Fellow
  American Academy for the Advancement of Science (2013)
• John R. Whittier Award
  Committee to Combat Huntington's Disease (1983)
• Giannini Fellowship
  Giannini Foundation (1984)
• NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship
  NIH (1984)
• Donald B. Linsley Award
  Society for Neuroscience (1984)
• Klingenstein Fellowship
  Esther and Joseph Klingenstein Foundation (1987)
• Pattison Award
  Jand and Peter Pattison Foundation (1989)
• Sloan Fellowship
  Sloan Foundation (1990)
• Senior Investigator Award
  Esther and Joseph Klingenstein Foundation (1993)
• Investigator Award
  McKnight Foundation (1997)
• Jacob Javits Investigator Award
  NIH (2005)