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Principal Investigator/Program Director (Last, first, middle): Staal, Flossie 
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH 
Give the following information for the key personnel and consultants and collaborators. Begin with the principal 
investigator/program director. Photocopy this page for each person. 
NAME 
Flossie Wong-Staal, Ph.D. 
POSITION TITLE 
Professor of Medicine and Biology 
EDUCATION (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, and include postdoctoral training.) 
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION 
DEGREE 
YEAR 
CONFERRED 
FIELD OF STUDY 
University of California, Los Angeles, CA 
B . A. 
1968 
Bacteriology - (Magna 
Cum Laude) 
University of California, Los Angeles, CA 
Ph.D. 
1972 
Molecular Biology 
RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Concluding with present position, list, in chronological order, previous employment, experience, and 
honors. Key personnel include the pnncipal investigator pnd any other individuals who participate in the scientific development or execution of the project. 
Key personnel typically will include all individuals with doctoral or other professional degrees, but in some projects will include individuals at the masters or 
baccalaureate level provided they contribute in a substantive way to the scientific development or execution of the project. Include present membership on 
any Federal Government public advisory committee. List, in chronological order, the titles, 'all authors, and complete references to all publications during the 
past three years and to representative earlier publications pertinent to this application. DO NOT EXCEED TWO PAGES. 
Professional Experience 
1969- 1970 Teaching Assistant, University of California, Los Angeles, California 
1970- 1972 Research Assistant, University of California, Los Angeles, California 
1972- 1973 Post-doctoral Fellow, University of California, San Diego, California 
1973- 1975 Fogarty Fellow, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 
1975- 1976 Visiting Associate, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 
1976- 1978 Cancer Expen, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 
1978-1981 Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 
1982-1989 Chief, Molecular Genetics of Hematopoietic Cells Section, National Cancer 
Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 
1990-Present Florence Seeley Riford Chair in AIDS Research; Professor of Medicine and 
Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 
Societies 
American Society for Virology, Charter Member 
Honors and 
1967-1968 
1968 
1968 
1972 
1985 
1987 
1991 
Awards 
Regents Scholarship, UCLA 
Phi Beta Kappa 
Regents Fellowship, UCLA 
Women Graduates of the Ydar Award, UCLA 
Visiting Professorship, Institute of General Pathology; First University of Rome, 
Italy 
Outstanding Scientific Award, The Chinese Medical and Health Association 
The .Excellence 2000 Award, United States Pan Asian American Chamber of 
Commerce and the Organization of Chinese American Women 
Editorial Boards 
Gene Analysis Techniques, 1984 - Present 
Cancer Letters, 1984 - Present 
Leukemia, 1987 - Present 
Cancer Research - 1987 
Journal of AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses (Section Editor), 1987 - Present 
DNA and Cell Biology (Section Editor) 1987 - present 
Microbial Pathogenesis, 1987 - 1990 
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