Richard P. Lifton
Richard P. Lifton
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| Richard P. Lifton | |
|---|---|
| 11th President of Rockefeller University | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Marc Tessier-Lavigne |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1953 (age 64–65) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Dartmouth College, Stanford University |
| Awards | Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences (2008), Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2014) |
Scientific career | |
| Fields | Genetics |
| Institutions | The Rockefeller University Yale University Stanford University |
| Thesis | The Organization and expression of the Drosophila melanogaster histone genes and interspersed mobile elements (1986) |
| Doctoral advisor | David Hogness |
Richard P. Lifton (born 1953) is an American biochemist, and is the 11th and current president of The Rockefeller University.[1] He earned his B.A. in biological sciences from Dartmouth College and in 1986 he got his M.D. and Ph.D. in biochemistry from Stanford University.[2] He trained at Brigham and Women's Hospital before starting his lab at Yale in 1993.[3] He has been awarded the Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences for his discovery of genes that are associated with the regulation of blood pressure.[4] In 2014 he was awarded the $3 million Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for his work.[5] He has been a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator since 1994. He was inducted into the National Academy of Science, Institute of Medicine, and is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[6]
In May 2016, Lifton was named the president of Rockefeller University.[7] He succeeded Marc Tessier-Lavigne.
See also[edit]
- Physician-scientist
External links[edit]
- HHMI bio
- faculty bio
References[edit]
^ "Richard P. Lifton assumes office as the university's 11th president". The Rockefeller University. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
^ Lifton, Richard Priestley (1986). The Organization And Expression Of The Drosophila Melanogaster Histone Genes And Interspersed Mobile Elements (repeated, Pseudogenes) (Ph.D.). Stanford University. OCLC 245263386 – via ProQuest. (Subscription required (help)).
^ "Richard Lifton, M.D., Ph.D." Broad Institute. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
^ Seventh Annual Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences Awarded to Dr. Richard P. Lifton
^ "Laureates: 2014". Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences.
^ "Richard P. Lifton, M.D., Ph.D." HHMI. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
^ "Richard P. Lifton named 11th president of The Rockefeller University". Rockefeller University. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
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- American biochemists
- 1953 births
- Howard Hughes Medical Investigators
- Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
- Presidents of Rockefeller University
- Yale School of Medicine faculty
- Yale Sterling Professors
- Living people
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