Dr. Caron Tribute Part 2

About Marc Caron

Dr. Caron and his family moved to Durham, NC in 1977, following receipt of his BSc in Chemistry from Laval University and his Ph.D. from the University of Miami. He joined the faculty of Laval University School of Medicine in 1975 and then returned to join Duke’s faculty, where he remained as a James B. Duke Professor until his death. He and his laboratory members studied the mechanisms of action and regulation of hormones and neurotransmitters and how they might underlie brain and behavior disorders such as schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, mood disorders, and addiction. Among his many honors, Dr. Caron was an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute from 1992 to 2004, a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a recipient of the Julius Axelrod Award. An authoritative and prolific scientist, with over 650 scientific publications, he is most beloved as a mentor and his relentless encouragement that shaped the careers of hundreds of scientists worldwide.

About our panelists in alphabetical order and the year they first met Dr. Caron

• Dr. Larry Barak (1994)

• Dr. Kathleen Caron - Co-host- (1970)

• Dr. Steve Ferguson (1995)

• Dr. Neel Freedman (1994)

• Dr. Jacob Jacobson (2003)

• Dr. Stephane Laporte (1999)

• Dr. Stuart Maudsley (1997)

• Dr. Richard Premont (1993)

• Dr. Jie Zhang (1990)