Susan Iversen

Susan Diana Iversen CBE FMedSci (born 28 February 1940)[1] is a British experimental psychologist. She is a former Professor of Psychology at the University of Oxford[3]

Sue Iversen CBE FMedSci
Born	Susan Diana Iversen (1940-02-28) February 28, 1940[1]
Alma mater	University of Cambridge (BA, PhD)
Spouse(s)	Leslie Iversen ( m. 1961)
Scientific career
Institutions	University of Oxford
Doctoral students	Heather Berlin[2]

Early life and education

She attended Girton College, Cambridge. At Cambridge she did a BA in Zoology followed by a PhD in Experimental Psychology.

Career and reseearch

Iversen was a Fellow of Girton College, Cambridge from 1964-75. From 1981-93 she was a Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge. She served as president from 1984-86 of the British Association for Psychopharmacology, which publishes the Journal of Psychopharmacology, and the Experimental Psychology Society from 1988-90. She was a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford from 1993-2005, and also Professor of Psychology. She served as head of the department of Experimental Psychology from 1993-2000.

Awards and honours

Iverson was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci) in 1999.[4] She served as editor of Neuropsychologia from 1997-2000. She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2005 New Year Honours.

Personal life

She married Leslie Iversen in 1961. They have a son and a daughter. She is the daughter of Jack and Edith Kibble.

References

1. "Susan Diana IVERSEN - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk.
2. Berlin, Heather (2003). Impulsivity, the orbitofrontal cortex and borderline personality disorder. ox.ac.uk (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford. OCLC 498650103. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.275651.
3. "History". www.psychol.cam.ac.uk. April 5, 2013.