Edythe Danick London (born September 14, 1948) is The Thomas and Katherine Pike Professor of Addiction Studies, and Director of the UCLA Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology at the
David Geffen School of Medicine University of California at Los Angeles. London received her Ph.D. in
Pharmacology
Pharmacology is a branch of medicine, biology and pharmaceutical sciences concerned with drug or medication action, where a drug may be defined as any artificial, natural, or endogenous (from within the body) molecule which exerts a biochemica ...
from the
University of Maryland (Baltimore). She did a post-doctoral fellowship at
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Prior to joining the UCLA faculty, she was a Senior Scientist at the
National Institute on Drug Abuse
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is a United States federal government research institute whose mission is to "advance science on the causes and consequences of drug use and addiction and to apply that knowledge to improve individual a ...
for 23 years and a member of the faculty at the
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is known internationally for her work on
drug addiction as well as other addictive disorders, such as tobacco and nicotine dependence. She has been a pioneer in the development and use of advanced brain imaging techniques to study the effects of drugs, tobacco and other substances of abuse on brain function, including nuclear medicine studies such as Positron Emission Tomography (PET), and
functional magnetic resonance imaging
Functional magnetic resonance imaging or functional MRI (fMRI) measures brain activity by detecting changes associated with blood flow. This technique relies on the fact that cerebral blood flow and neuronal activation are coupled. When an area o ...
(fMRI). Her UCLA laboratory is engaged in a wide range of scientific studies as well as the development and testing of new medications. The
Web of Science lists several hundred articles published in
peer-reviewed journals that have been cited over 13,000 times, leading to an
h-index of 63.
Her house in Beverly Hills, California was vandalized on October 23, 2007, in an act credited to an animal activist group
Animal Liberation Front by breaking a window of the house and inserting a
garden hose which flooded the house. Over $50,000 damage was reported. Subsequently, her house was again attacked and damaged by a firebomb left at the front door on Tuesday, February 5, 2008. No one was home at the time. A statement issued by the
North American Animal Liberation Press Office
Animal Liberation Press Offices relay anonymous communiques, photos, and videos to the media about direct action undertaken by the Animal Liberation Front (ALF), Animal Rights Militia (ARM), Revolutionary Cells – Animal Liberation Brigade, Ju ...
claimed that animal liberationists were responsible for placing the device.
["UCLA Professor's House Is Firebombed]
Chronicle of Higher Education
February 6, 2008
References
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Living people
University of Maryland, Baltimore alumni
American pharmacologists
Women pharmacologists
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA faculty
Johns Hopkins University faculty
1948 births