Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine
Education
B.S., National Taiwan University (1966)
Ph.D., University of California, Davis (1971)
Professional Experience
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Developmental Therapeutics M.D. Anderson Hospital, University of Texas (1971-73)
Instructor (1973-74), Assistant Professor (1974-79), Associate Professor (1979-87), Professor (1988-), Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Cell and Molecular Biology Program; Professor (1995-), Department of Medicine; C.C. Bell Professor (1996-); Professor (1997-), Program in Developmental Biology; Co-director, Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine (2008-), Distinguished Service Professor (2010-)
Specialties
Molecular Endocrinology and Developmental Biology
Awards and Honors
Presidential Awards several times (undergraduate)
Univ. of California Regent's Intern Fellowship (graduate)
Damon Runyon Memorial postdoctoral fellowship
MERIT Award on HD-17379 - NIH grant (1995-2005)
Endowed Chair: Charles C. Bell Research Professorship (1996-present)
CaP Cure Research Award (1996)
University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Distinguished Alumnus Award (1997)
National Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Advisor Council (Nov.1 1998-Oct.31, 2001)
MERIT Award on DK45641 - NIH grant (1999-2009)
Michael DeBakey, M.D. Excellence in Research Award (2002)
Achievement Award by SCBA-Texas Chapter (2009)
Distinguished Service Professor (2010)
SCBA 2013 Lifetime Achievemet Award
The Endocrine Society 2014 inaugural Outstanding Achievement in Endocrine Science Award (June 2014)
Michael DeBakey, M.D. Excellence in Research Award (2014)