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In a release, the Company noted that election to the IOM is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine, and recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service. The introduction of the class of 2008 IOM members will take place at 11:45 a.m. at the National Academy of Sciences building, located at 2100 C Street, N.W., in Washington, D.C.
A member of the National Academy of Sciences since 1999, Merzenich has been engaged in brain plasticity research for more than three decades. In 1996, Merzenich was the founding CEO of Scientific Learning Corp. which markets and distributes the Fast ForWord and Reading Assistant family of products, scientifically-proven intervention programs that apply neuroscience principles to build the fundamental cognitive skills required to read and learn.
The Company said that Merzenich has received many esteemed awards and prizes, such as the Ipsen Prize, Zulch Prize of the Max Planck Institute, and the Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award. He has been granted more than 50 patents for his work and has published more than 200 articles, including many in leading peer-reviewed journals such as Science and Nature. Merzenich is also a professor emeritus at the University of California at San Francisco, and is chief scientific officer of Posit Science, a company he co-founded to deliver brain fitness software into the hands of consumers.
Established in 1970 under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine provides independent, objective, evidence-based advice to policymakers, health professionals, the private sector, and the public.
Scientific Learning creates educational software that accelerates learning by improving the processing efficiency of the brain.
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