YSP Faculty Advisor, Dr. Tom Woolsey, receives the 2008 Science Educator Award from the Society for Neuroscience

YSP Faculty Advisor, Dr. Tom Woolsey, received the 2008 Science Educator Award from the Society for Neuroscience. The Society for Neuroscience instituted the Science Educator Award in 2003 to recognize excellence in promoting neuroscience literacy and contributions made to public information about neuroscience. The award is made to a neuroscientist who has made significant contributions to educating the public about the field. Dr. Woolsey is a dedicated and skilled educator, with far-reaching involvement in the St. Louis community, including serving as the Faculty Advisor of the Young Scientist program, past course Director of medical neuroscience course in the Washington University Medical School, and Co-instructor of the undergraduate “Principles of the Nervous System” course.