Solomon H. Snyder

Solomon H. Snyder
in 1979
Born	December 26, 1938 (1938-12-26) (age 78) Washington D.C
Education	Georgetown University
Occupation	Neuroscientist Psychiatrist
Awards	Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research, National Medal of Science

Solomon Halbert Snyder (born December 26, 1938) is an American neuroscientist who is known for wide-ranging contributions to neuropharmacology and neurochemistry. He studied at Georgetown University, and has conducted the majority of his research at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Many advances in molecular neuroscience have stemmed from Dr. Snyder's identification of receptors for neurotransmitters and drugs, and elucidation of the actions of psychotropic agents, making him one of the most highly cited biologists in the world. He is most famous for his research on the opioid receptor, for which he received the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1978.

Solomon Snyder was born on December 26, 1938 in Washington D.C. He is one of five children.

Snyder and his wife Elaine, who died in 2015, have two grown daughters and three grandchildren. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

Snyder attended Georgetown University from 1955 to 1958 and received his M.D. degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine in 1962. After a medical residency at the Kaiser Hospital in San Francisco, he served as a research associate from 1963 to 1965 at the National Institutes of Health, where he studied under Julius Axelrod. Snyder moved to the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine to complete his residency in psychiatry from 1965 to 1968. He was appointed to the faculty there in 1966 as Assistant Professor of Pharmacology. In 1968 he was promoted to Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Psychiatry and in 1970 to Full Professor in both departments.