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

Address:

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

Academic Education:

1958-65 M.D., Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
1958-65 Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology, Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH

Appointments and Professional Activities:

1975-81 Professor, Depts of Internal Medicine and Pharmacology, Univ of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA
1971-81 Director, Clinical Research Center, Univ of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
1973-81 Director, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Dept of Internal Medicine, Charlottesville, VA
1981-89 Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine and Pharmacology, Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA
1981-86 Chief of Medicine, Palo Alto Veterans Administration Medical Center, CA
1988- Professor (Adjunct), Department of Pharmacology, Northwestern Univ Medical School, Chicago, Illinois
1990-92 Vice President, Pharmaceutical Research & Development, and Corporate Officer, Abbott Laoratories, Abbott Park, Illinois
1993-95 CEO/President, Molecular Geriatrics Corporation, Lake Bluff, Illinois

Fellowships and Awards:

Ciba Award Recipient, 1988
Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award, 1996
The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute