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Theodore Reich

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Theodore Reich
Born(1938-10-14)October 14, 1938
DiedDecember 25, 2003(2003-12-25) (aged 65)
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materMcGill University
Scientific career
FieldsPsychiatric genetics
InstitutionsWashington University in St. Louis

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 organisation's Lifetime Achievement Award in 1999.[2]

Reich earned a bachelor's degree in honors physiology in 1959 and completed a medical degree at McGill in 1963.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Dryden, Jim (January 2002). "Obituary: Ted Reich, psychiatry professor, 65". news.wustl.edu. Archived from the original on September 9, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  2. ^ a b 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. PMID 15108171.
  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.