Theodore Reich

Theodore Reich (October 14, 1938 – December 25, 2003) was a Canadian-American professor of psychiatry and genetics at the Washington University School of Medicine.[1] Reich is considered one of the founders of modern psychiatric genetics and mostly studied the genetic aspects of mental illness.[2][3][4]

Theodore Reich
Born(1938-10-14)October 14, 1938
DiedDecember 25, 2003(2003-12-25) (aged 65)
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materMcGill University
Scientific career
FieldsPsychiatric genetics
InstitutionsWashington University in St. Louis

He was a founder and president of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics and received the organisation's Lifetime Achievement Award in 1999.[2]

Reich earned a bachelor's degree in honors physiology in 1959 and completed a medical degree at McGill in 1963.[1]

References

  1. Dryden, Jim (January 2002). "Obituary: Ted Reich, psychiatry professor, 65". news.wustl.edu. Archived from the original on September 9, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  2. Nurnberger, John (2004). "Theodore Reich, M.D. (1938–2003)". The American Journal of Human Genetics. 75 (1): 1–2. doi:10.1086/422368. ISSN 0002-9297. PMC 1181992.
  3. Suarez, Brian K.; Rice, John P. (2004). "Theodore Reich, M.D.: October 14, 1938-December 25, 2003". American Journal of Medical Genetics. 127B (1): 1–4. doi:10.1002/ajmg.b.30042. ISSN 0148-7299. PMID 15108171.
  4. Todd, Richard D. (2004). "In Memoriam: Theodore Reich (1938-2003)". Psychiatric Genetics. 14 (4): 181–182. doi:10.1097/00041444-200412000-00001. ISSN 0955-8829.


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