CHAIRMANSHIPS OF MAJOR SYMPOSIA: 
1975 Chairman. Development of Iron Chelators for Clinical Use 
NIH 
1976 Co-Chairman, International Symposium on Protein 
Synthesis. Fogarty Center. NIH 
1977 Co-Chairman. Chelation Therapy In Chronic Iron Overload. 
CIBA Medical Horizons. New York City 
1979 Co-Chairman. Fourth Cooley's Anemia Symposium. New York 
Academy of Sciences. New York City 
1980 Co-Chairman. Second Symposium on Development of Iron 
Chelators for Clinical Use. San Francisco. CA 
1982 Co-Chairman. Prospects for Gene Therapy: Fact and 
Fiction. Banbury Center of Cold Spring Harbor 
Laboratory, Long Island. New York 
1984 Co-Chairman. Fifth Cooley's Anemia Symposium. New York 
Academy of Sciences. New York City 
1985 Co-Chairman. Tissue Specific Expression of Cloned Genes. 
Satellite Conference. Tenth International Congress of 
the International Society of Developmental Biologists 
Los Angeles. CA 
ACADEMIC POSITIONS: 
1964 - 1965 
1964 - 1965 
1967 - 1975 
1967 - Pres. 
1975 - 1978 
1978 - Pres. 
1981 - Pres. 
1984 - Pres. 
Research Fellow, Harvard University 
Volunteer Assistant in Pediatric Medicine. Children's 
Hospital Medical Center. Boston. Massachusetts 
Professorial Lecturer in Biochemistry. George Washington 
University. School of Medicine. Washington. D.C. 
Faculty. Department of Genetics. NIH Graduate Program 
Consultant in Research. Genetics Program. George 
Washington University. Washington, D.C. 
Adjunct Professor. Graduate Genetics Program. George 
Washington University. Washington. D.C. 
Faculty. Department of Medicine and Physiology. NIH 
Graduate Program 
Chairman. Department of Medicine and Physiology. NIH 
Graduate Program 
RESEARCH INTERESTS : 
Gene Expression in Mammalian Cells 
Thalassemia and Hemoglobinopathies 
Genetic Engineering of Mammalian Cells 
Gene Therapy 
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