Elizabeth A. Buffalo
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Elizabeth A. Buffalo is the Wayne E. Crill Endowed Professor and Chair of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Washington School of Medicine and chief of the neuroscience division at the Washington National Primate Research Center. She is known for her research in the field of neurophysiology pertaining to the role of the hippocampus and medial temporal lobe structures in learning and memory and in spatial representation and navigation.
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Alma mater | Wellesley College; University of California, San Diego |
Occupation(s) | Professor, University of Washington School of Medicine |
Awards | Troland Research Award (2011) |
Buffalo received the Troland Research Award from the National Academy of Sciences in 2011 for "innovative, multidisciplinary study of the hippocampus and the neural basis of memory.”[1] She is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Caesar, a neuroscience research institute associated with the Max Planck Society,[2] and the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives.[3]
She was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2022.[4]