David T. Wong

David T. Wong
Known forFluoxetine
SpouseChristina Wong
ChildrenConrad Wong

Mel Wong

Vincent Wong
Academic background
EducationNational Taiwan University, Seattle Pacific University (BS)

Oregon State University (MS)

University of Oregon (Ph.D.)
ThesisMetabolism and ion transport of frog skin: biological effects of ouabain (1966)
Academic work
DisciplineNeuropharmacology
InstitutionsLilly Research Laboratories Indiana University School of Medicine

David T. Wong (born 1935 in Hong Kong)[1] is a Hong Kong-born American neuroscientist. He is a former researcher with Eli Lilly and Company and an adjunct professor emeritus at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Wong is known for the discovery of the antidepressant drug fluoxetine, more commonly known by its trade name Prozac.[2][3][4]

Wong was born in Hong Kong, and began his undergraduate studies in chemistry at National Taiwan University. He came to Seattle Pacific College in 1957, and graduated in 1961. He then went on to graduate studies at Oregon State University, where he earned a master's degree in 1964 and later at the University of Oregon Medical School to receive his doctorate in 1966. After doing his postdoctoral research at the University of Pennsylvania, he joined Eli Lilly in 1968.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ "Ray W. Fuller, David T. Wong, and Bryan B. Molloy". Science History Institute.
  2. ^ a b David T. Wong, Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, retrieved 2012-10-05.
  3. ^ a b McDougall, Connie (Winter 1998), The Faith of a Scientist: Alumnus of the Year David T.Wong Devotes a Lifetime to Neuroscience Research, Seattle Pacific University.
  4. ^ a b "Scientist Who Developed Prozac Receives International Honor", Indiana University Medical School News, December 21, 2011, archived from the original on August 25, 2012.