Jared Van Snellenberg

{{Short description|Canadian actor and psychiatrist (born 1980)}}

{{Infobox academic|name=Jared Van Snellenberg|education=Simon Fraser University (BA)
Columbia University (MA, MPhil, PhD)|workplaces=Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University|discipline=Psychiatry|birth_date={{birth date and age|December 26, 1980}}|birth_place=Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada|sub_discipline=Functional neuroimaging
Working memory}}

Jared X. Van Snellenberg (born December 26, 1980) is a Canadian psychiatry professor focusing on schizophrenia neuroimaging research and former child actor.{{Cite web|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1947254-where-are-they-now-kids-sports-movie-edition|title=Where Are They Now: Kids Sports Movie Edition|first=Nick|last=Dimengo|website=Bleacher Report|access-date=2021-05-18|archive-date=2021-05-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518212542/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1947254-where-are-they-now-kids-sports-movie-edition|url-status=live}}{{IMDb name|0888006}} Best known for his role in Happy Gilmore, Van Snellenberg works as an assistant professor of psychiatry at the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University.{{Cite web|title=Official website of Jared X. Van Snellenberg|url=http://www.jaredvs.com/|url-status=dead|access-date=2017-08-24|archive-date=2017-08-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820075537/http://www.jaredvs.com/}}

Early life and education

Van Snellenberg was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Simon Fraser University, followed by a Master of Arts, Master of Philosophy, and PhD in psychology from Columbia University.{{Cite web|title=Jared Van Snellenberg {{!}} Stony Brook Neurosciences Institute|url=https://neuro.stonybrookmedicine.edu/about/faculty/vansnellenberg|access-date=2021-09-30|website=neuro.stonybrookmedicine.edu|archive-date=2021-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210930222254/https://neuro.stonybrookmedicine.edu/about/faculty/vansnellenberg|url-status=live}}

Career

He is best known for his role as Adam Sandler's first caddy in Happy Gilmore, with his character drawing comparisons to professional golfer Will Zalatoris.{{Cite web |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/adam-sandler-congratulates-happy-gilmore-211432222.html |title=Adam Sandler congratulates Happy Gilmore caddie doppelgänger Will Zalatoris on first PGA Tour win |last=Raiken |first=Amber |date=2022-08-17 |access-date=2022-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817231121/https://sports.yahoo.com/adam-sandler-congratulates-happy-gilmore-211432222.html |archive-date=2022-08-17}}

His academic work primarily involves functional neuroimaging research into working memory in schizophrenia,{{Cite web |url=http://schizophrenia.conte.cumc.columbia.edu/schizophreniareh.html |title=Silvio O. Conte Center Dopamine Dysfunction In Schizophrenia website |access-date=2017-08-24 |archive-date=2016-04-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411133532/http://schizophrenia.conte.cumc.columbia.edu/schizophreniareh.html |url-status=dead }} and the development and use of techniques for meta-analysis.{{Cite web|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=PTVyTqYAAAAJ&hl=en|title=Jared Van Snellenberg|website=scholar.google.com|access-date=2016-11-14|archive-date=2017-05-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511044540/https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=PTVyTqYAAAAJ&hl=en|url-status=live}}