Ricardo Caceda
Medical School
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Honors and Awards
- Malnutrition and intellectual development in marginal school children in Lima. Cáceda R, Gamboa J, Cabrejos J, Leon L, Cordero L Second Latin-American Congress of Medical Students. 1996-Cuzco-Perú–Public Health Category Award.
- Brain energetic metabolism in chronic hypoxia. Ricardo Cáceda , Jorge Gamboa, Jaime Boero, Carlos Monge-C, Alberto Arregui. ‘Felix Castillo Narvaez’ First Prize- CCXXII anniversary '2 de Mayo' Hospital February 2000, Lima - Peru.
- Fasting and glucose reposition effects in oxygen hemoglobin affinity in rats. Jorge Gamboa, Ricardo Cáceda, Manuel Vargas, Jose A. Palacios, Carlos Monge-C. ‘Felix Castillo Narvaez’ Second Prize- CCXXII anniversary '2 de Mayo' Hospital February 2000, Lima - Peru.
- Scholar Award for 2002 Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion. Health-Emotions Research Institute. University of Wisconsin.
- Research Fellowship from Stanley Medical Research Institute, 2003.
- Society for Neuroscience travel award to the 4 th Federation of European Neuroscience Societies Forum in Lisbon 2004.
Current Organizational Memberships
- Colegio Medico del Peru ( Peruvian College of Physicians), July 1999.
- Society for Neuroscience, April 2001
Research Interests
Regional specific increased expression of neurotensin (NT) transmission in the mesolimbic system and its relevance to antipsychotic drugs' mechanism of action.
Year Joined Emory as a Faculty Member
2000