Semaine internationale du cerveau
du 13 au 19 mars 2000

Ferid Murad, born September 14, 1936 in Whiting, Indiana, USA

Department of Integrative Biology, Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, P.O. Box 20708, Houston TX 77225, USA

Academic Education:

1993-1995 M.D., Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
1993-1996 Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology, Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland OH

Appointments and Professional Activities:

1993-1995 Professor, Deptartments of Internal Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA
1971-1981 Director, Clinical Research Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 1973-1981 Director, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Dept. of Internal Medicine, Charlottesville, VA
1993-1995 Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine and Pharmacology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
1993-1996 Chief of Medicine, Palo Alto Veterans Administration Medical Center, CA
1988- Professor (Adjunct), Department of Pharmacology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois
1993-1995 Vice President, Pharmaceutical Research & Development, and Corporate Officer, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois
1993-1995 CEO/President, Molecular Geriatrics Corporation, Lake Bluff, Illinois

Fellowships and Awards:

Ciba Award Recipient, 1988
Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award, 1996

Source: site Internet de la Fondation Nobel, www.nobel.se