Tamas Horvath, DVM, PhD
Jean and David W. Wallace Professor of Comparative Medicine and Professor of Neuroscience and of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences; Chair, Comparative Medicine
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Biography
Tamas Horvath is Professor and Chair of the Department of Comparative Medicine and Professor of Neurobiology and Ob/Gyn at Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut. He is also the Director for the Yale Program on Integrative Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism. He received a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.) degree from the Faculty of Veterinary Sciences in Budapest, Hungary, and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree from the University of Szeged in Hungary. His research has been focusing on neuronal circuitries that support physiological and pathological homeostatic conditions, including processes associated with reproduction, energy metabolism and neurodegeneration.
Education & Training
- PhDSzeged University (2000)
- DVMUniversity of Veterinary Sciences (1992)
Honors & Recognition
| Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award (2016) | American Diabetes Association | 2016 |
| Hans Fisher Senior Fellow | Technical University of Munich | 2014 |
| Honorary Doctorate, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences | Szent Istvan University | 2013 |
| 7th John K. and Mary E. Davidson Lectureship and Award of the Department of Physiology | University of Toronto | 2012 |
| The Ernst Oppenheimer Award | The Endocrine Society | 2012 |
| The NIH Director’s Pioneer Award | National Institutes of Health | 2010 |
| Finalist; Blavatnik Award | The New York Academy of Sciences | 2009 |
| BBVA Chair in Biomedicine | The Cajal Institute | 2008 |
Departments & Organizations
- Comparative Medicine
- Diabetes Research Center
- Discovery to Cure Internship
- Fellowship Training
- Horvath Lab
- Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program
- Kavli Institute for Neuroscience
- Neural Disorders
- Neuroscience Track
- Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
- Reproductive Neurosciences Group
- Yale Center for Molecular and Systems Metabolism (YMSM)
- Yale Center for Research on Aging (Y-Age)
- Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)
- Yale Ventures