FALL MEETING IN NEW YORK CITY AND BIOETHICS FORUM Dr. Paul Greengard, MD, 2000 Nobel Laureate Dr. Greengard is a member of The National Academy of Science and has received more than 50 major awards and honors for his groundbreaking neurobiological research. Dr. Greengard's pioneering work in delineating how neurons communicate with one another in the brain earned him the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine. During a half-century of research, he has arguably contributed more than any other single scientist to our understanding of the complex signaling processes that occur within each of the 100 billion or more nerve cells in the human brain. Understanding these processes enables us to comprehend not only the fundamental nature of brain function, but also what goes wrong in brain diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Dr. Greengard currently serves as the Vincent Astor Professor and Director of the Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience and Fisher Center for Alzheimer’s Research at The Rockefeller University.