Nancy Coover Andreasen

NANCY C. ANDREASENis the Andrew H. Woods Chair of Psychiatry and director of the Mental Health Clinical Research Center at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. She served for twelve years as the editor in chief of the American Journal of Psychiatryand has authored or edited fifteen books, including The Broken Brainand Brave New Brain. She was awarded the National Medal of Science by President Clinton in 2000.