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Dr. Snyder is currently the Director of the Department of Neuroscience and Distinguished Service Professor of Neuroscience, Pharmacology and Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. (Participation by Dr. Snyder on the Scientific Advisory Board does not constitute or imply endorsement by the Johns Hopkins University or the Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System.) Dr. Snyder was a member of the Board of Directors of Scios, Inc. prior to its acquisition by Johnson and Johnson in April 2003. Dr. Snyder is the recipient of numerous professional honors, including the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Biomedical Research (1978), Honorary Doctor of Science degrees from Northwestern University (1981), Georgetown University (1986), Ben Gurion University (1990), Albany Medical College (1998), Technion University of Israel (2002), the Wolf Foundation Prize in Medicine (1983), the Dickson Prize of the University of Pittsburgh (1983), the Bower Award from the Franklin Institute (1991), the Bristol-Myers-Squibb Award for Distinguished Achievement in Neuroscience Research (1996) and the Gerard Prize of the Society for Neuroscience (2000). He is a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. He is the author of more than 1000 journal articles and several books, including Uses of Marijuana (1971), Madness and the Brain (1974), The Troubled Mind (1976), Biological Aspects of Abnormal Behavior (1980), Drugs and the Brain (1986), and Brainstorming (1989). Dr. Snyder received his undergraduate and medical training at Georgetown University and his psychiatric training at The Johns Hopkins University. In 1966, Dr. Snyder joined the staff of the Department of Pharmacology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Snyder currently serves on the Board of Directors of Guilford Pharmaceuticals, Inc. with Mr. Klein and Dr. U’Prichard. | 