Brenda Milner, Rockefeller University (IMAGE)

Rockefeller University

Brenda Milner, Rockefeller University

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Brenda Milner, Ph.D., a pioneer in the field of cognitive neuroscience whose discoveries revolutionized the understanding of memory, will be awarded the 2011 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize. The prize honors female scientists who have made extraordinary contributions to biomedical science and carries an honorarium of $100,000.

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Owen Egan

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