Mary Jeanne Kreek | |
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.jpg) Kreek (right), receiving Lifetime Science Award | |
| Born | 9 February 1937 |
| Died | 27 March 2021(2021-03-27) (aged 84) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Wellesley College Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons |
| Known for | Methadone therapy |
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| Fields | Neurobiology |
Mary Jeanne Kreek (9 February 1937[1] – March 27, 2021)[2] was an American neurobiologist specializing in the study and treatment of addiction.[3] She is best known for her work withMarie Nyswander and Dr.Vincent Dole in the development ofmethadone therapy for heroin addiction.[4]
Kreek graduated with a B.A. inchemistry fromWellesley College in 1958,[5] and in 1962, she received her M.D. fromColumbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.[6]
Kreek completed a fellowship ingastroenterology atNew York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center after completing her M.D. She taught medicine at theCornell Medical College.[7]
In 2000, Kreek was named a Fellow of theNew York Academy of Sciences, and in 2004, she received an Alumni Gold Medal Award fromColumbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons for "lifetime excellence in medicine".[8] In 2014, Kreek was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from theNational Institute on Drug Abuse.[6]
As of November 2015, she was a senior attending physician, the Patrick E. and Beatrice M. Haggerty Professor, and head of the Laboratory of the Biology of Addictive Diseases atThe Rockefeller University.[6]
Kreek served as a visiting professor forSt. George's University in Grenada, West Indies, from 1979 to 2015, as well on the board of directors for the campus-based research institution, the Windward Islands Research and Education Foundation (WINDREF).[9]
Her father, Louis Francis Kreek, was an Examiner-in-Chief and served on the board of theUnited States Patent and Trademark Office.[7] On January 24, 1970, she married Dr. Robert A. Schaefer.[7]
She died on March 27, 2021, at the age of 84.[2]
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