Education:
B.A. (Biochemistry), Harvard University
Ph.D. (Genetics), Cambridge University
Post-doctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School
Professional Experience:
| 1982 - 1984 | Undergraduate Research Student, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Harvard University |
| 1984 - 1988 | Graduate Student, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (Mentor: Jonathon Hodgkin) |
| 1988 - 1994 | Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School (Mentor: Philip Leder) |
| 1994 - 2000 | Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School |
| 1994 - 2007 | Resident Member, Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine |
| 2000 - 2003 | Associate Professor (with tenure), Department of Pediatrics, UMDNJ-RWJMS |
| 2002 - 2007 | Chief, Division of Developmental Biology, Department of Pediatrics, UMDNJ-RWJMS |
| 2003 - 2007 | Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UMDNJ-RWJMS |
| 2005 - 2007 | Associate Director, Child Health Institute of New Jersey, UMDNJ-RWJMS |
| 2007 - present | Professor, Departments of Medicine and Genetics & Development, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons |
| 2007 - present | Head, Section of Tumor Cell Biology, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons |
Professional Activities:
| 2001 - 2005 | Member, Cell Development and Function-5 (CDF-5) Study Session (2001-2003)/Development-2 (DEV-2) Study Session (2003-2005), NIH |
| 2003 - 2007 | Director, Transgenic and Knock-out Mouse Core Facility, Cancer Institute of New Jersey |
| 2003 - present | Editorial Board, Developmental Dynamics |
| 2003 - 2006 | Co-instructor (2003-2004) and Instructor (2005-2006), Molecular Embryology of the Mouse, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory |
| 2006 - present | Member, Developmental Mutant Advisory Committee, The Jackson Laboratory Induced Mutant Resource |
| 2006 - present | Editorial Boards, Mechanisms of Development and Gene Expression Patterns |
| 2007 | Molecular Oncology P01 Special Emphasis Panel, National Cancer Institute |
| 2007 | P30 Cancer Center Support Grant Site Review Panel, National Cancer Institute |
Honors and Awards:
| 1980 - 1981 | National Merit Scholar |
| 1984 - 1987 | National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship |
| 1988 - 1990 | Jane Coffin Childs Post-doctoral Fellowship |
| 1990 - 1992 | Howard Hughes Medical Institute Post-doctoral Fellowship |
| 1993 - 1996 | Leukemia Society of America Special Fellowship |
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