FF Principal Investigator/Program Director (Last, first, middle): Sorscher. Eric J. 
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. 

ji NAME POSITION TITLE 
Sorscher, Eric Jay Assistant Professor 
EDUCATION ttiegin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, suc h as nursing, and include postdoctoral train, ng.) 
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YEAR 
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION 
DEGREE 
CONFERRED 
FIELD OF STUDY 
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 
• M.D. 
1984 
Yale University, New Haven, CT 
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B.S. 
1979 
Biology 
'RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Concluding with present position, list, in chronological order, previous employment, experience, and honors. 
Key personnel include the principal investigator and 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. 
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1982-83 Candidate took one year leave of absence from Medical School to pursue research in cystic fibrosis. Research 
involved ion transport investigations with measurements of respiratory mucosal potential difference and also clinical 
trials with experimental drugs at Children's Hospital, Boston, MA. 
1984-87 Resident; Department of Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital 
1987- 88 Postdoctoral Fellow; Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Alabama at Birmingham 
1988- 89 Postdoctoral Clinical Fellow; Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Massachusetts 
General Hospital 
1989- Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, (Primary appointment); Assistant Professor, Department of 
present Physiology & Biophysics, (Secondary appointment); Associate Scientist, Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis 
Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham 
PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES 
American Board of Internal Medicine 
American Society of Hematology 
HONORS 
1979 Phi Beta Kappa 
Summa cum laude with honors in Biology, Yale University 
1982-83 Research Fellowship Award: Harvard Medical School 
Research Scholar Award: National Cystic Fibrosis Foundation 
1987-88 Postdoctoral Fellowship Award: National Cystic Fibrosis 
Foundation 
1989- Lucille P. Markey Scholar in Biomedical Sciences 
present 
1 RECENT SYMPOSIA/INVITED PRESENTATIONS 
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International Cystic Fibrosis Conference, Williamsburg, VA June, 1993 
Science Innovation/American Association for the Advancement of Science 
Boston, MA August, 1 993 
Young Leaders Conference, United States Senatorial Nomination to Serve 
as Alabama Delegate, Basel, Switzerland September, 1993 
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