Shari Wiseman

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Shari Wiseman is an American neuroscientist and the editor in chief of Nature Neuroscience.

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Education

Wiseman has two PhDs from Yale University and undertook postdoctoral research at the Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center where she worked on animal models of autism spectrum disorders. [1] After that, she undertook postdoctoral training at Tufts University where she focused on the regulation of GABAB receptors by excitotoxic stimuli. [1]

Career

She has worked at Nature Neuroscience since 2017, as an associate editor, becoming the editor in chief in 2021. [1] [2]

Selected publications

Personal life

Wiseman lives in New York City. [1] She is a mother of two children. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "About the Editors | Nature Neuroscience". www.nature.com. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  2. "SEMINAR - Dr. Shari Wiseman - Associate Editor, Nature Neuroscience | The Douglas Research Centre". douglas.research.mcgill.ca. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  3. "Twitter biography". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-04-06.