Michael J. Frank

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Michael J. Frank
Alma mater
Scientific career
Institutions

Michael Joshua Frank[1] is a neuroscientist who has played a leading role in emerging field of computational psychiatry. He is currently the Edgar L. Marston Professor of Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences at Brown University and Director of the Center for Computational Brain Science at Brown's Carney Institute for Brain Science.[2][3] Other honors include: Kavli Fellow (2016), the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Young Investigator Award (2011), and the Janet T Spence Award for early career transformative contributions (Association for Psychological Science, 2010).

Frank earned a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Queen's University at Kingston in 1997. He received a Master of Science in electrical engineering and doctorate in neuroscience and psychology from the University of Colorado Boulder.[4]

In 2021, Frank received a Troland Research Award from the National Academy of Sciences for his "groundbreaking discoveries in our understanding of learning, valuation, and cognitive control."[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Michael Joshua Frank, PhD | Parkinson's Disease". www.michaeljfox.org. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  2. ^ a b "Michael J. Frank". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  3. ^ "University Professor Michael J. Frank named one of two 2021 Troland Research Award recipients". The Brown Daily Herald. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  4. ^ "Frank, Michael". vivo.brown.edu. Retrieved 2021-10-28.

External links[edit]