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Rae Silver
Alma materRutgers University

City College of New York

University of Columbia
Doctoral advisorDaniel S. Lehrman
Websitehttp://www.columbia.edu/cu/psychology/silver/ https://psychology.barnard.edu/profiles/rae-silver

Rae Silver is a Canadian behavioral

Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons.[2]

Education and career

Silver received her B.S. in Physiological Psychology from

Biopsychology from City College of the City University of New York (CUNY) in 1970.[2] She then received her Ph.D. in Biopsychology from the Institute of Animal Behavior at Rutgers University-Newark.[2][3] Her doctoral advisor was Daniel S. Lehrman
.

After receiving her graduate degree, Silver was an assistant professor at Rutgers University-Newark from 1972–1974.[2] From 1974–76, she was an assistant professor at Hunter College of the City University of New York, as well as a research associate at The American Museum of Natural History.[2] She then joined the faculty at Barnard College in 1976 and became a full professor in 1982.[2] She has held her position as the Helene L. and Mark N. Kaplan Professor of Natural & Physical Sciences since 1990.[2]

In 2002, she served as co‐Chair of the Research Maximization and Prioritization Committee at NASA, which prioritized biological research for the International Space Station.[2][3] From 2006–2007, she served as a senior advisor to the Office of the Director at the National Science Foundation.[2][3] She was also a representative of the U.S. on the Council of Scientists for the International Human Frontier Science Program, an international science funding body, where she served as Chair from 2010–2012.[2][3]

From 2017–2019, Silver served as the president of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology.[4]

In 2015, Silver was awarded the Daniel S. Lehrman Lifetime Achievement Award in Behavioral Neuroendocrinology,[5] an award named in honor of her doctoral advisor.

Silver is currently a receiving editor for eNeuro,[6] an open-access journal of the Society for Neuroscience, and is also a section editor for the European Journal of Neuroscience.[7]

Research

In her early research, Silver investigated the hormonal mechanisms of parental behavior in ring doves, which exhibit bi-parental care. Her early studies focused on the neural and hormonal mechanisms of behavior in male ring doves, in particular, as well as the sharing of parental responsibility and coordination between the male and female. She documented a number of changes in both members of the pair across the reproductive cycle, including in steroid hormones, luteinizing hormone, prolactin, vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH). Her interest in changes which occurred in the brains of ring doves during reproduction and parental behaviors, such as the timing of egg incubation bouts, led her to pursue questions related to circadian rhythms (daily cycles of activity and sleep). She and members of her lab then performed a number of fundamental experiments demonstrating on the mechanisms underlying circadian rhythms in both birds and mammals, including a series of experiments demonstrating that a hormonal signal from the SCN sustains circadian activity rhythms in golden hamsters.[8][9] She has also conducted research on the role of mast cells, part of the immune system, on brain vasculature, hormone production, neuronal transmission, and behavior. Her current research areas focus on sleep-wake cycles and their neural bases, and on immune-nervous system interactions in the brain.

Awards and recognition

  • Society for Research on Biological Rhythms Directors Award for Mentoring, 2018[10]
  • Daniel S. Lerhman Lifetime Achievement Award in Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, 2015[5]
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, elected in 2003[11]
  • Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), elected in 1997[12]

Media Appearances

Silver appeared on The Daily Show with John Stewart in 1997[3] & 1999.[3][13][14] She has spoken publicly about the challenges of being a woman in science, including as a TEDx speaker in 2015.[3][15][16]

Notable publications

  • Silver, Rae (1978). "The Parental Behavior of Ring Doves: The intricately coordinated behavior of the male and female is based on distinct physiological mechanisms in the sexes". American Scientist. 66 (2): 209–215.
    JSTOR 27848517
    .
  • Lehman, Michael N.; Silver, Rae; Gladstone, W. R.; Kahn, Robert M.; Gibson, Marie; Bittman, Eric L. (1 June 1987). "Circadian rhythmicity restored by neural transplant. Immunocytochemical characterization of the graft and its integration with the host brain". The Journal of Neuroscience. 7 (6): 1626–1638.
    S2CID 15364778
    .
  • Silver, Rae; LeSauter, Joseph; Tresco, Patrick A.; Lehman, Michael N. (August 1996). "A diffusible coupling signal from the transplanted suprachiasmatic nucleus controlling circadian locomotor rhythms". Nature. 382 (6594): 810–813.
    S2CID 4364531
    .
  • Nautiyal, K. M.; Ribeiro, A. C.; Pfaff, D. W.; Silver, R. (11 November 2008). "Brain mast cells link the immune system to anxiety-like behavior". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105 (46): 18053–18057.
    PMID 19004805
    .

References

  1. ^ "Rae Silver | Barnard Psychology". psychology.barnard.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Rae Silver C.V." (PDF).
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    PMID 31648404
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  4. ^ "Presidents of the SBN".
  5. ^ a b "Daniel S. Lehrman Lifetime Achievement Award in Behavioral Neuroendocrinology".
  6. ^ "Editorial Board | eNeuro". www.eneuro.org. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  7. ^ "European Journal of Neuroscience". Wiley Online Library. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  8. S2CID 15364778
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  9. S2CID 4364531
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  10. ^ "Society for Research on Biological Rhythms 2018 Award Winner List" (PDF).
  11. ^ "Rae Silver". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  12. ^ "Antman, Klein, Prince, Silver Are Elected Fellows of AAAS. Columbia University Record, November 14, 1997". www.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  13. ^ Christina Ricci, retrieved 2020-01-30
  14. ^ "Mannequin III - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Video Clip)". Comedy Central. 16 November 1999. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  15. ^ Busting through the "Women's Entrance" | Rae Silver | TEDxBarnardCollege, retrieved 2020-01-30
  16. ^ Baran, Nicole M. (2018-08-16). "How Women Came to Dominate Neuroendocrinology". Nautilus. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
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