Miriam Goodman earned a bachelorâ??s degree in biochemistry from Brown University and a Ph.D. in neurobiology from The University of Chicago (1995). Following postdoctoral research at the University of Oregon (1995-97) and Columbia University (1997-2001), she joined the faculty at Stanford (2002). Goodman was named an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow (2002), Terman Fellow (2002), McKnight Fellow (2005), Klingenstein Fellow (2005) and awarded the Eppendorf & Science Prize in Neurobiology (2004). In 2011, Dr. Goodman was awarded the â??Excellence in Graduate Teaching Awardâ?? in the Stanford School of Medicine. Apart from her technical and educational pursuits, she enjoys bicycling, playing and refereeing recreational soccer games.
