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Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History

Tenure Track Appointments

• David Dornsife Professor of Neuroscience, University of Southern California, 04/01/2006-  
• Professor of Psychology, Neuroscience and Neurology, University of Southern California, University of Southern California, 07/01/2005-  
• Professor, University of Iowa, 01/01/1980-01/01/1985  
• Associate Professor, University of Iowa, 01/01/1976-01/01/1977  

Non-Tenure Track Appointments

• Distinguished Adjunct Professor, University of Iowa, 07/01/2005-  
• Adjunct Professor, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, Ca, 01/01/1989-  

Other Employment

• Director, Brain and Creativity Institute, University of Southern California, 07/02/2005-  
• Chief, Division of Behavioral Neurology & Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, 01/01/1977-  
• Van Allen Distinguished Professor, University of Iowa, 01/01/1989-07/01/2005  
• Head, Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, 01/01/1986-01/01/2005  
• Director, Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, University of Iowa, 01/01/1985-01/01/2005  
• Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Iowa, 01/01/1975-01/01/1976  
• Professor Auxiliar in Neurology, University of Lisbon Medical School, 01/01/1974-01/01/1975  
• Chief, Language Research Laboratory, Center de Estudos Egas Moniz, 01/01/1971-01/01/1974  

Description of Research

Summary Statement of Research Interests

Publications

Book

• Damasio, A. (2005). Descartes' Error. 10th Anniversary edition, with a new author preface. New York, New York: Descartes' Error. 10th Anniversary edition, with a new author preface/Penguin Books.
• Damasio, A. (2003). Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow and the Feeling Brain. New York, New York: Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow and the Feeling Brain/Harcourt.
• Damasio, A. (1999). The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness. New York, New York: The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness/Harcourt.
• Damasio, A. (1994). Descartes' Error. New York, New York: Descartes' Error/Grosset/Putnam.

Journal Article

• Parvizi, J. |. (2006). Neural connections of the posteromedial cortex in the macaque: Implications for the understanding of the neural basis of consciousness. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. pp. p.vol. 103.

Multimedia Scholarship and Creative Works

• Self Comes to Mind Musical piece with text and film authored by A. Damasio, H. Damasio, B. Adolphe, performed by Yo-Yo Ma at the American Museum of Natural History, 05/2009  

Honors and Awards

• Endowed Chair, David Dornsife Chair in the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, 2/1/2006-  
• Awarded Honorary Professorship by Southeast University, Nanjing, China, 2005-  
• Prince of Asturias Award for Scientific and Technical Research, 2005-  
• Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award, International Psychoanalytical Association, 2004-  
• Signoret Prize in Cognitive Neuroscience, 2004-  
• Nonino Prize, 2003-  
• Doctor Honoris Causa (D. Phil. Hc.), University of Aachen, 2002-  
• Listed in Best Doctors in America under Neurology, 2002-  
• Medal from the Queen Sofia Center for the Study of Violence, Spain, 2002-  
• Named a “Highly Cited Researcher” in neuroscience by the Institute for Scientific Information, 2002-  
• The Arnold Pfeffer Prize, 2002-  
• Premier Prix du Livre Scientifique 2000, from “Science et Vie”, 2000-  
• The Reenpää Prize, Finland, 2000-  
• The Ariëns Kappers Medal, from the Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, 1999-  
• Elected to Association of American Physicians, 1998-  
• Elected to Permanent Membership, Belgium’s Royal Society of Medicine, 1998-  
• American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow, Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1997-  
• Elected to Neurosciences Research Program, 1997-  
• Prix Plasticité Neuronale, Ipsen Foundation, 1997-  
• Elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, 1995-  
• Golden Brain Award, 1995-  
• Order of Santiago da Espada (Grand Oficial), 1995-  
• Elected to the European Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1993-  
• Pessoa Prize, 1992-  
• Elected Correspondent to the Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium, 1991-  
• Nelson Urban Research Award from The Mental Health Association of Iowa, 1990-  
• William Beaumont Prize from the American Medical Association, 1990-  
• Distinguished Lecturer, University of Southern California, 1985-  
• First Pfizer Prize to the best research paper in the Clinical Sciences given by the Sociedade de Ciencias Medicas, 1974-  
• British Council Research and Training Award, 1970-  
• Boheringer Prize (best student in Medical Pharmacology), 1966-