Allison Jane Doupe (1954 – 24 October 2014) was a Canadian psychiatrist, biologist, and neuroscientist. She is best known for her pioneering work in

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neurobiology that linked birdsong to human language, showing that birds and humans learn to communicate in similar ways. In 2014, Doupe was awarded the Pradel Research Award by the

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for her work on neural circuits and information processing in songbirds, which she pioneered as a model species for studying learning and memory.

Life

After graduating from McGill University, Doupe obtained her MD and PhD in Neurobiology from Harvard University. She joined the University of California, San Francisco Departments of Psychiatry and Physiology in 1993 as an assistant professor, and was promoted to full professor in 2000. In 2008 she was elected as a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She died on 24 October 2014, of cancer.

Publications

Awards

*1993 Klingenstein Fellowship *1993 Searle Scholarship *2012

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*2013 Cozzarelli Prize by

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*2014 Pradel Research Award by the

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Doupe, Allison J. 1954 births 2014 deaths Canadian neuroscientists McGill University alumni University of California, San Francisco faculty Harvard Medical School alumni Canadian women neuroscientists Recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers