Philip Seeman

Philip Seeman (born February 8 1934) is a Canadian schizophrenia researcher and neuropharmacologist, known for his research on dopamine receptors.

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Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, he was raised in Montreal. He received a Bachelor of Science degree, honours Physics & Physiology (1955), a Master of Science degree, Physiology of Transport & Secretion (1956), and a Doctor of Medicine (1960) from McGill University. In 1966, he received a Ph.D. in Life Sciences from Rockefeller University.

In 1967, he became an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Toronto. In 1970, he was appointed a Professor.

In 1974, having spent years in search for the binging site of antipsychotic medication, he discovered the dopamine D2 receptor.^[1]

In 2001, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada "for his research on dopamine receptors and their involvement in diseases such as schizophrenia, Parkinson's and Huntington's". [1] In 1985, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

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