Linda J. Larson-Prior received the B.A. degree in Arabic and anthropology from Ohio State University, Columbus, in 1972, the M.A. degree in physical anthropology from the Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, in 1978, and the Ph.D. degree in neurobiology from Kent State University, Kent, OH, in 1986. She is currently the Director of the Electrical and Optical Imaging Laboratory, a part of the Neuroimaging Laboratory of the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, St. Louis, MO, and a Research Associate Professor of Radiology, Washington University, Saint Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis. Her current research interests include integration of multimodality imaging for the study of sleep and cognition in humans using electroencephalography and functional magnetic resonance imaging techniques. Dr. Larson-Prior is currently the Treasurer ex officio of the Organization for Computational Neuroscience. She is on a Special Emphasis Panel for the National Institutes of Health.