Peter Sterling (neuroscientist)

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Peter Sterling
Born (1940-06-28) June 28, 1940 (age 84)[3]
New York City, New York, U.S.
Alma materNew York University Medical School, Cornell University, Western Reserve University (Ph.D.)
Known forallostasis
AwardsProctor Medal (2012), American Publishers Award for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE Award) in Biological & Life Sciences (2016)[1][2]
Scientific career
Fieldsneuroscience, biological psychiatry, endocrinology
InstitutionsUniversity of Pennsylvania
Doctoral advisorHans Kuypers
Other academic advisorsHoward Allen Schneiderman, David H. Hubel, Torsten Wiesel
Doctoral studentsGillian Einstein
Other notable studentsPeter Strick
Websitehttps://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p7333

Peter Sterling (born June 28, 1940) is an American anatomist, physiologist and neuroscientist and Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He is the author of What Is Health? Allostasis and the Evolution of Human Design (2020), and with Simon Laughlin, is an author of Principles of Neural Design.

  1. ^ "Peter Sterling". The MIT Press. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  2. ^ "2016 Award Winners". PROSE Awards. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  3. ^ "LOC Entry". Library of Congress. Retrieved 28 October 2019.