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Education & Training
Post-doc: University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Molecular and Developmental Biology,
1995
PhD: New York Medical College, Experimental Pathology, 1992
MS: New York Medical College, Experimental Pathology, 1988
BS: State University of New York Cortland, Biology and Physical Education (Exercise Science),
1986
Awards/ Honors
2020- Invited speaker at Inaugural World CRISPR Day
2019- J. Harold Harrison, MD, Distinguished University Endowed Chair in Vascular Biology,
MCG Foundation
2014- ATVB Special Recognition Award in Vascular Biology
2009-18- Adjunct Professorship, Xiâan University, China
2007- Tenured at the University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry
2007- Inducted into the Gates-Chili High School Hall of Fame
2003-07- Established Investigator of the American Heart Association
2001- Elected as Fellow of the American Heart Association
1997- Manitowoc Heart-A-Rama Research for Life Award-AHA, Wisconsin Affiliate
1993- Post-Doctoral National Research Service Award, National Institutes of Health, MD
Anderson Cancer Center, Smooth Muscle Cell Differentiation
1992- Martha Lucas Pate, PhD Memorial Award