Vera Dourmashkin Rubin
Personal Information
Born: 1911
Died: 1985
Country of Birth: Russia
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: White
Education
New York University BS French nLiterature 1930; Columbia University PhD Anthropology 1952
Professional Life
Field of Study: Anthropology
Institution/Corporation: Research Institute for the Study of Man (RISM); Soviet Academy of Sciences; Columbia University
Degrees & Memberships: Honorary Degree: Brookly College (1981) University of the West Indies (1985); Member: Society for Medical Anthropology Society for Applied Anthropology American Orthopsychiatric Association NY Academy of Sciences Caribbean Studies Association American Anthropological Association American Academy for the Advancement of Science American Geographical Society National Committee on Interracial Communications Joint Commission on the Mental Health of Children Advisory Board of NORML
Awards & Achievements
Awards: none
Achievements: research on longevity use of marijuana in the caribbean; co-founder of Transcultural Psychiatry a journal
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