Science education: a neuroscientist's view of translational medicine.

Editor’s Note: In 2003, the Society for Neuroscience initiated the Science Educator Award to recognize an outstanding neuroscientist who has made significant contributions to the education of the public (http://www.sfn.org/content/Programs/AwardsandPrizes/sea.html). The first recipient was Eric Chudler, PhD, at the University of Washington. For more on his activities, see http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/ehceduc.html. The winner for 2004 was Rochelle Schwartz-Bloom, PhD, at Duke University Medical Center. In collaboration with the Committee on Neuroscience Literacy, the Journal asked Dr. Schwartz-Bloom to give us some of her views on neuroscience education with the hope of spurring all of us into action.