Allison J. Doupe

Allison Jane Doupe (1954–24 October 2014) was an influential Canadian psychiatrist, biologist, and neuroscientist. She is best known for her pioneering work in avian neurobiology that linked birdsong to human language, showing that birds and humans learn to communicate in similar ways.

After graduating from McGill University, Doupe obtained her MD and PhD in Neurobiology from Harvard University. She joined the University of California, San Francisco Departments of Psychiatry and Physiology in 1993.

She died on 24 October 2014, of cancer.

Brainard, Michael S.; Doupe, Allison J. (April 13, 2000). "Interruption of a basal ganglia–forebrain circuit prevents plasticity of learned vocalizations". Nature. 404 (6779): 762–766. doi:10.1038/35008083. PMID 10783889. 

• 1993 Klingenstein Fellowship
• 1993 Searle Scholarship
• 2012 W. Alden Spencer Award
• 2014 Pradel Research Award

• "NEUROSCIENCE FELLOWS in ALPHABETICAL ORDER, 1981-2014". The Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund, Inc. Retrieved January 2, 2015. 
• "Scholar Profile - Allison J. Doupe". Searle Scholars Program. Retrieved January 2, 2015. 
• "Pradel Research Award". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved January 2, 2015.