Susan Iversen

Early life and education Iversen was born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England on 28 February 1940, and grew up in Princes Risborough. She completed her secondary education at Wycombe High School, where an inspirational teacher, Miss Maude, encouraged her to apply to study at the University of Cambridge.

Career and research After earning her PhD, Iversen held postdoctoral positions in the United States at the National Institutes of Health (where she worked with Mortimer Mishkin) and Harvard University. She served as editor of Neuropsychologia from 1997 to 2000. She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2005 New Year Honours.

Personal life and death Susan Iversen was married to Leslie Iversen, whom she met as an undergraduate at Cambridge, from 1961 until his death in 2020. They had three children together and seven grandchildren.