Joseph Herbert (neuroscientist)
Joe Herbert (born April 8, 1936[1]) is Emeritus Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge.[2][3]
Education
Herbert received a BSc (Hons. Class I) in Anatomical Studies from the University of Birmingham in 1957 followed by a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Birmingham in 1960 and a PhD in neuroendocrinology from the University of London in 1965.[1]
Career
Prior to joining the Department of Anatomy at the University of Cambridge as a lecturer in 1971, Herbert was a lecturer in the Department of Anatomy at the University of Birmingham. There he worked under Solly Zuckerman, Baron Zuckerman, who had supervised his PhD. Herbert has been a fellow at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge since 1976. He was the Director of Training at the University of Cambridge Centre for Brain Repair (1992-2014)[4] and a past president (1982) of the International Academy of Sex Research. In the course of his career, Herbert has served as the PhD supervisor or Post-doctoral mentor of several distinguished British neuroscientists, including Barry Everitt, Alan Dixson, Angela Roberts, Barry Keverne, Michael Hastings, and David Abbott.
Research
Herbert's work has primarily focused on hormones; The Guardian has called him 'one of the world's leading endocrinologists.'[5] His areas of expertise include the role of hormones in the ability of the adult brain to make new nerve cells (neurons) and repair the brain; how hormones regulate behavior; the neuroscience of stress; how hormones, genes and the social and psychological environment interact to promote the risk for depression; and studies on the way that hormones and genes influence financial decision-making.[6] [7][8] [9][10] He has published more than 250 peer-reviewed papers on these topics.[11][12]
Writing
Herbert has authored two books, The Minder Brain (World Scientific Publishing Co., 2007)[13] and Testosterone: Sex, Power and the Will to Win (Oxford University Press, 2015).[14]
References
- ^ a b "Prof Joe Herbert Authorised Biography - Debrett's People of Today". Debretts.com. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
- ^ "Professor Joe Herbert". Cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
- ^ "Joe Herbert - medical educator - Marquis Who's Who Biography". Marquiswhoswho.com. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
- ^ "John van Geest Centre for Brain Repair". Cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
- ^ "The secret life of your body". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
- ^ "Saliva test may predict depression risk in boys". Cbsnews.com. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
- ^ "Depression to blame for 32,000 violent crimes a year, says Oxford University". Telegraph.co.uk. 25 February 2015.
- ^ "Test Could Predict Teenage Boys' Risk Of Depression - Business Insider". Business Insider. 17 February 2014.
- ^ "What If Women Ran Wall Street?". NYMag.com. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
- ^ "Maybe the Meltdown's a Guy Thing". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
- ^ "Herbert J[auth] - PubMed - NCBI". Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. 2014-11-12. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
- ^ "Joe Herbert". Microsoft.com. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
- ^ "The Minder Brain". Nih.gov. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
- ^ "Cambridge Literary Festival 2015" (PDF). Cambridgeliteraryfestival.com. Retrieved 2015-03-28.