John Roll receives MED Associates Brady‑Schuster Award

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John Roll

John Roll, professor and vice dean for research for the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, has received the 2022 MED Associated Brady‑Schuster Award. This lifetime achievement award is presented by the American Psychological Association’s Division 28, Psychopharmacology and Substance Use. 

The MED Associates Brady‑Schuster Award is one of the highest honors an individual can receive in the area of behavioral pharmacology. Named after Joe Brady and Bob Schuster, pioneers in the field, the award is bestowed to scientists with an established record of outstanding research underscoring the fundamental importance of behavioral science to psychopharmacology or substance abuse. Roll was privileged to know each of them early in his career.

Roll is a Fellow in three separate divisions of the American Psychological Association as well as a Fellow in the Association for Psychological Science, the Association for Behavior Analysis International and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is also president-elect of the Washington State Academy of Science. 

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