The award, considered the Korean Nobel Prize, recognizes Lee s research on the neural mechanisms of decision-making By Annika Weder / Published May 3, 2021
The 2021 Samsung Ho-am Prize in Medicine has been awarded to Daeyeol Lee, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of neuroscience, in recognition of his research on the neural mechanisms of decision-making by incorporating theoretical frameworks from economics into neuroscientific research to study the function of the prefrontal cortex.
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The prize established in 1991 and often referred to as the Korean equivalent of the Nobel Prize is awarded annually to Koreans or individuals of Korean heritage who have contributed to academics, the arts, and social development, or who have furthered the welfare of humanity through distinguished accomplishments in their respective professional fields. Also among this year s laureates, recei
Honors for Aaron Hyman, Daeyeol Lee, Ian Phillips, and Todd Shepard By Hub staff report / Published April 23, 2021
Aaron Hyman, an assistant professor in the Department of History of Art, has been awarded two grants to support publication of his book
Rubens in Repeat: The Logic of the Copy in Colonial Latin America (forthcoming in August, Getty Research Institute). The book received both the Historians of Netherlandish Art fellowship and a Wyeth Foundation for American Art Publication grant.
Daeyeol Lee, a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience and Psychological and Brain Sciences, has been awarded a Samsung Ho-Am Prize, one of the highest honors for Korean individuals or those of Korean origin. The prize is presented annually in six categories to people who have contributed to academics, the arts, and social development, or who have furthered the welfare of humanity through distinguished accomplishments in their respective