Dixon M. Woodbury, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Dixon M. Woodbury

American epilepsy researcher

Date of Birth: 06-Aug-1921

Place of Birth: St. George, Utah, United States

Date of Death: 29-Jul-1991

Profession: university teacher, epileptologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Dixon M. Woodbury

  • Dixon Miles Woodbury (1921–1991) was an American epilepsy researcher and distinguished professor of Physiology and Pharmacology at the University of Utah School of Medicine.
  • His research helped clarify the causes of seizure disorders and the mechanisms of anticonvulsant drugs.
  • He published over 300 scientific articles and edited several books on epilepsy, including the first two volumes of Antiepileptic Drugs.
  • His awards include the John Jacob Abel Award from the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET); the Epilepsy Research Award from the International League Against Epilepsy; Research Career Award from the National Institutes of Health; and William G.
  • Lennox Award for outstanding research in epilepsy from the American Epilepsy Society.Woodbury was born August 6, 1921, in St.
  • George, Utah, to parents Angus and Grace Woodbury.
  • His father was a zoologist at the University of Utah.
  • Woodbury earned a B.A.
  • in zoology (1942) and M.S.
  • in herpetology (1945) from the University of Utah, publishing papers on snakes with his father and a thesis on metabolic studies of small snakes.
  • He then attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he received a PhD in Physiochemical Biology and Cellular Physiology in 1948.
  • He returned to the University of Utah in 1948, becoming professor of Pharmacology in the School of Medicine in 1961.
  • From 1972 to 1980 he was chairman of the Department of Pharmacology, and from 1980 until his death was Division Head of Neuropharmacology and Epileptology in the School of Medicine.
  • He died in a Bountiful, Utah, hospital in July 29, 1991, aged 69.
  • Woodbury was also a high priest in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving at the time of his death as clerk in the stake of Val Verda, Utah.

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