Allison Jane Doupe
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Allison Jane Doupe was a Canadian psychiatrist, biologist, and neuroscientist. She is best known for her pioneering work in avian neurobiology that linked birdsong to human language, showing that birds and humans learn to communicate in similar ways.
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Silvia ArberAlso won Pradel Research AwardJoseph TakahashiAlso won W. Alden Spencer Award
Fiona A. HarrisonAlso won Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
Heather A. KnutsonAlso won Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
Catherine DulacAlso won Pradel Research AwardS. Lawrence ZipurskyAlso won W. Alden Spencer AwardAbout this person
Allison Jane Doupe was a Canadian psychiatrist, biologist, and neuroscientist. She is best known for her pioneering work in avian neurobiology that linked birdsong to human language, showing that birds and humans learn to communicate in similar ways. In 2014, Doupe was awarded the Pradel Research Award by the National Academy of Sciences for her work on neural circuits and information processing in songbirds, which she pioneered as a model species for studying learning and memory.
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