UNIVERSITY NEWS - FEBRUARY 2004

MEDIA CONTACT: Andrew LaPlant
561-297-3022, alaplant@fau.edu

FAU Hosts Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Professor
Frederick Goodwin to Speak at the Frontiers of Science Lecture Series

BOCA RATON, FL (February 26, 2004) – The Florida Atlantic University’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Science will present a lecture by Dr. Frederick Goodwin entitled, “The Role of Genes and Environment on Behavior”. The lecture will take place Thursday, March 4 at 4 p.m. in the Charles E. Schmidt Biomedical Science Center, Room 126, on the Boca Raton campus, 777 Glades Road.

Dr. Goodwin is a research professor of psychiatry at The George Washington University and director of the University’s Psychopharmacology Research Center, where he conducts research on manic-depressive illness. He also presides over the Center on Neuroscience, Medical Progress and Society at the George Washington University Medical Center.

Dr. Goodwin is the former director of the National Institute of Mental Health, the largest research training institution in the world dedicated to the application of biological, behavioral and social science to the treatment and prevention of mental illness and refinement of mental health services.

In addition to his private practice and his work at the George Washington University Medical Center, Dr. Goodwin is the author of over 430 publications and the host of the award winning The Infinite Mind radio show.

The Frontiers of Science Lecture Series, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, with support from FAU’s Lifelong Learning Society Endowed Professorship. This is the third of four lectures ending March 25. For more information, please call Joan Gove at 561-297-2954 or e-mail jgove@fau.edu.
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Andrew LaPlant
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Florida Atlantic University
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