Jane Stewart (scientist)
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Jane Stewart | |
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| Alma mater | Queen's University, University of London |
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| Fields | Behavioral neuroscience |
| Institutions | Concordia University |
Jane Stewart OC FRSC is a Canadian neuroscientist who has been active in the fields of psychology, psychiatry, and psychopharmacology. She is a professor emerita at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.
Stewart earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology and biology from Queen's University in 1956, and PhD in psychology in 1959 from the University of London, England.[1][2] She then started working for Ayerst Pharmaceuticals in Montreal and subsequently joined Concordia University in 1962,[3] where she served as chair of the Department of Psychology (1969–1974) and director of the Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology (1990–1997).[1] She served on many grant review committees and on the editorial boards of 11 peer-reviewed scientific journals.[1]
Research
Stewart has made seminal contributions to different areas of research, such as conditioned drug effects,[4][5] the motivational effects of drugs,[6] circadian rhythms,[7] antidepressant and antipsychotic drug action,[8][9] and sexual behavior.[10][11]