Robert F. Schmidt studied Medicine at the Heidelberg University in Germany. He then joined the laboratory of Sir John C. Eccles at the Australian National University in Canberra, where he received his Ph.D. He subsequently moved to the Julius Maximilians University in Wuerzburg, where he became Director of the Institute of Physiology. At present he continues to work in Wuerzburg, and he is also an Honorary Professor at the University of Tuebingen and an "Investigador Visitante" at the University Miguel Hernandez in Alicante, Spain. In recognition of his work on physiological and pathophysiological mechanisms of nociception and pain, he has received numerous honors and awards as well as honorary membership in a number of international and national scientific societies. Gerald F. Gebhart is Professor and Director of the Center for Pain Research at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, USA. He has published more than 350 articles in journals and books. Dr. Gebhart's awards include the Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. unrestricted Pain Research Award (1989-1994); the Fredrick W.L. Kerr Award, American Pain Society (1994); Kappa Delta Elizabeth Winston-Lanier Award, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (1997). In 2003, Dr. Gebhart won the American Pain Society's Distinguished Service Award, and in 2004, the Purdue Pharma Prize for Pain Research. In 2004, he was a highly cited researcher in neuroscience (Thomson-ISI). Gerald F. Gebhart is Professor and Director of the Center for Pain Research at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, USA. He has published more than 350 articles in journals and books. Dr. Gebhart's awards include the Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. unrestricted Pain Research Award (1989-1994); the Fredrick W.L. Kerr Award, American Pain Society (1994); Kappa Delta Elizabeth Winston-Lanier Award, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (1997). In 2003, Dr. Gebhart won the American Pain Society's Distinguished Service Award, and in 2004, the Purdue Pharma Prize for Pain Research. In 2004, he was a highly cited researcher in neuroscience (Thomson-ISI).

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