David T. Wong

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David T. Wong (born 1935 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong-born American neuroscientist. He is a former researcher with Eli Lilly and Company and an adjunct professor emeritus at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Wong is known for the invention of the antidepressant drugs fluoxetine and atomoxetine, the former more commonly known by its trade name Prozac. Wong was born in Hong Kong, and began his undergraduate studies in chemistry at National Taiwan University. He came to Seattle Pacific College in 1957, and graduated in 1961. He then went on to graduate studies at Oregon State University, where he earned a master's degree in 1964 and later at the University of Oregon Medical School to receive his doctorate in 1966. After doing his postdoctoral research at the University of Pennsylvania, he joined Eli Lilly in 1968.

Career

1. 1935
   Born
2. 2011
   Won Prince Mahidol Award

Trivia

• •Place of birth: British Hong Kong
• •Citizenship: United States
• •Known as: biochemist, neuroscientist, university teacher