Gordon Shulman

research professor,
neurology

People have the ability to attend to one thing in the environment, whether it be a person we are talking to or a piece of music, seemingly blocking out things that are not important.  But if something unexpected or important happens elsewhere in the environment, they need to quickly change their focus.  Achieving a balance that allows us to concentrate on something but remain sensitive to important events around us presents a challenge to the brain.  Over the last decade, I have studied the relationship between neural systems that maintain that balance.

Present Position:
Research Professor of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine

Education:
1971-1975     B.A.     Yale University, New Haven CT
1975-1979     Ph.D.     University of Oregon, Eugene OR
1979-1980    National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow,
        Dr. Robert Sekuler, Northwestern University

Academic Positions at Washington University:
2008 - present    Research Professor of Neurology
2005 – 2008    Research Associate Professor of Neurology   
1992 – 2005    Research Scientist, Department of Neurology and Neurological Surgery
1987 – 1991    Research Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurological Surgery