Diana Prata

Diana Prata
Born
OccupationNeuroscientist
Known forHead of Biomedical Neuroscience Lab at the University of Lisbon

Diana Prata is a Portuguese neuroscientist who concentrates on identifying the biological basis of human behaviour. She reported the first evidence that schizophrenia-risk genes can also predispose to bipolar disorder and has also investigated reasons why people respond differently to antipsychotic medications. She is head of the Biomedical Neuroscience Lab at the University of Lisbon.