Campbell/Spillane Substance Use Research - Interview with Eric Simon

Abstract

Eric J. Simon, Ph.D., was born in Wiesbaden, Germany. At age 14, Eric and his family were uprooted from their home in Wiesbaden, as they fled Nazi persecution in 1938. He served in the United States Army during WWII. Post-service, Dr. Simon began a long and distinguished career establishing himself as a scientist of worldwide renown. He was a neuroscientist and headed a lab at New York University’s Langone Medical Center for 54 years before retiring in 2014, at the age of 90 as Professor Emeritus. As part of his many accomplishments, Dr. Simon discovered opiate receptors in the brain and coined the word endorphin. Dr. Simon passed away in 2021. Sources: “In Memoriam” The College on Problems of Drug Dependence. 2021 https://cpdd.org/membership/in-memoriam/ Accessed 09 June 2023. Interview with Eric J. Simon, Ph.D., GoodNewsBroadcast. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWUxUoOHjUM Accessed 28 Oct 2021