David Rioch

David Rioch
Born(1900-07-06)6 July 1900
Mussoorie, India
Died11 September 1985(1985-09-11) (aged 85)
Chevy Chase, Maryland
Occupation(s)Psychiatric research scientist and neuroanatomist

David McKenzie Rioch (July 6, 1900 – September 11, 1985) was a psychiatric research scientist and neuroanatomist, known as a pioneer in brain research and for leading the interdisciplinary neuropsychiatry division at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (1951–1970), a program that contributed to the formation of the then-nascent field of neuroscience.[1][2]

W. Maxwell Cowan, Donald H. Harter, and Eric R. Kandel cited "the seminal roles played by David McKenzie Rioch, Francis O. Schmitt, and ... Stephen W. Kuffler in creating neuroscience as we now know it."[3]

  1. ^ Cowan, M.W.; Kandel, E.R. (February 7, 2001). "Prospects for Neurology and Psychiatry". JAMA. 285 (5): 594–600. doi:10.1001/jama.285.5.594. PMID 11176865.
  2. ^ Evans III, F. Barton (2006). Harry Stack Sullivan: Interpersonal Theory and Psychotherapy. Routledge. p. 48. ISBN 978-1-134-81176-2.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Kandel was invoked but never defined (see the help page).