Annetta and Gustav Grisard Professor of Neuroscience, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences
Philip Haydon received his B.Sc. (Hons; 1979) and Ph.D. (1982) from the University of
Leeds, England. He performed postdoctoral studies at the University of Iowa (1982-
1986) and then became a faculty member Iowa State University (1986-2001).
Subsequently he moved to the University of Pennsylvania as Professor and Vice-Chair of
Neuroscience and has recently been appointed Annetta and Gustav Grisard Professor and
Chair of Neuroscience at Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston (2008). He has
received numerous prestigious awards including a McKnight Investigator Award and the
Jacob Javits Award from the NINDS. His research focuses on the investigation of
neuron-glial interactions and how astrocytes regulate neuronal networks and sleep related
behaviors.
Dr. Haydon is currently funded for 2011 for his work on "Development of UDP analogs for the treatment of AD".