DAVID FITZPATRICK, PH.D.

 

Department of Neurobiology

Duke University Medical Center

Box 3209

Durham, NC 27710

Email: fitzpat@neuro.duke.edu

Website: http://www.fitzpatricklab.net

 

Education

 

      1974       B.S. cum Laude Biology, Pennsylvania State University, State College PA

 

      1982       Ph.D. Psychology/Neurobiology Duke University, Durham NC

 

Major Fields of Research Interest

 

       Neural basis of visual perception

 

Functional organization of cortical circuitry

 

In vivo imaging of neural activity

 

Development of cortical circuits mediating visual perception

 

Professional Experience

 

      2007- present     Director, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences

      2003-present      Affiliate, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke University

 

      1999-present      Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Duke University School of Medicine

 

      1993-1999         Co-Director, Cold Spring Harbor Course "Structure Function and Development of the Visual System"

 

     1990-1998     Associate Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Duke University School of Medicine

 

      1988-1990          Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Duke University School of Medicine

 

      1983-1988          Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Duke University School of Medicine

 

      1982-1983          Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institutes of Health, Medical University South Carolina with Jennifer S. Lund

 

     

 

Professional awards and special recognitions:

 

      1996-1999        McKnight Neuroscience Investigator Award

 

1995                  Davison Council Excellence in Basic Science Teaching Award

 

      1993               Cortical Discover Award, Cajal Club

 

      1985-1987        Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow

 

      1982-1983        NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship National Institutes of Health

 

      1981-1982        Teaching Fellow, Dept of Psychology, Duke University

 

      1976-1980        NRSA Predoctoral Fellowship National Institute of Mental Health

 

      1976                 Graduation cum Laude in Biology, Pennsylvania State University

 

 

Current Research Support:

Functional Organization of Visual Cortex. NIH R01-EY06821-16

4/1/05 - 3/31/10

 

Development of Direction Selectivity in Visual Cortex.  NIH R01-EY11488     

4/1/07-3/31/12

 

Other Professional Activities

 

           

            Editorial Responsibilities

 

  

   2007-               Senior Editor, Journal of Neuroscience

 

   2004- 2007      Reviewing Editor, Journal of Neuroscience

 

   2003-               Editorial Board, Current Opinion Neurobiology

 

   2003-2005       Member, Faculty of 1000

 

   2002-2005       Section Editor, Sensory Systems, Neuroscience

 

2002                Co-editor (with Linda Buck) Sensory Systems edition of Current     

                        Opinion in Neurobiology 

    

   2000-2003       Editorial Board, J Neuroscience

 

   2000-2003       Associate Editor, Visual Neuroscience

 

   2001-               Editorial Board, Thalamus and Related Systems

 

   1998-2000       Editorial Board, Visual Neuroscience

  

 

  Consultant to the editors of the journals: Nature, Science, Nature Neuroscience, Neuron PLOS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Neurophysiology, Cerebral Cortex, Journal of Comparative Neurology

  

         

 

Scientific Advisory Committees

         

   2007                 Riken Brain Science Institute Scientific Review Panel

 

               2006                 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Scientific Review Panel

 

               2006-2009        Searle Scholars Program Advisory Board

 

               2006                 NIH/NIBIB Study Section, New Ways to Image Neural Activity

 

               2005                 NIH Study Section, Special Emphasis Panel 

 

               2004                 NIH Study Section, Central Visual Processing, ad hoc

 

               2004                 NIH Study Section, Special Emphasis Panel

 

               2003                 NIH Study Section, Special Emphasis Panel