Theodore Reich

Theodore Reich
Born (1938-10-14)October 14, 1938
Montreal, Quebec
Died December 25, 2003(2003-12-25) (aged 65)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S
Citizenship United States
Fields Psychiatric genetics
Institutions Washington University School of Medicine
Alma mater McGill University
Influences George Winokur
D. S. Falconer

Theodore Reich (October 14, 1938 - December 25, 2003) was a Canadian-American professor of psychiatry and genetics at the Washington University School of Medicine.[1] Reich is considered one of the founders of modern psychiatric genetics and mostly studied the genetic aspects of mental illness.[2][3][4]

He was a founder and president of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics and received the organisations Lifetime Achievement Award in 1999.[2]

References

  1. Dryden, Jim. "Obituary: Ted Reich, psychiatry professor, 65". news.wustl.edu. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Nurnberger, John (2004). "Theodore Reich, M.D. (1938–2003)". The American Journal of Human Genetics 75 (1): 1–2. doi:10.1086/422368. ISSN 0002-9297. PMC 1181992.
  3. Suarez, Brian K.; Rice, John P. (2004). "Theodore Reich, M.D.: October 14, 1938-December 25, 2003". American Journal of Medical Genetics 127B (1): 1–4. doi:10.1002/ajmg.b.30042. ISSN 0148-7299.
  4. Todd, Richard D. (2004). "In Memoriam: Theodore Reich (1938-2003)". Psychiatric Genetics 14 (4): 181–182. doi:10.1097/00041444-200412000-00001. ISSN 0955-8829.


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