Toward a Molecular Understanding of Cholesterol and Atherosclerosis
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(This information was taken from the Distinguished Scientist Lecture Series Program 1986-1987).
Dr. Goldstein, a Nobel laureate, is Regental Professor, professor of internal medicine, and chairman of the Department of Molecular Genetics for the Health Science Center of the University of Texas. Born in Sumter, South Carolina, he received the B.S. degree from Washington and Lee University and the M. D. degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and did his residency at Massachusetts General Hospital. In addition to his research, he continues to practice at Parkland Memorial Hospital as senior attending physician. Among Dr. Goldstein's many awards are the Pfizer Award for Enzyme Chemistry of the American Chemical Society, the ew York Academy of Sciences Award in Biological and Medical Sciences, the Albert D. Lasker Award in Basic Medical Research, the American College of Physicians Award, and the Lita Annanberg Hazen Award. In 1985, he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, with Michael S. Brown, for their work in genetics, which ha led to a better understanding of lipoprotein accumulation and atherosclerosis. Dr. Goldstein is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American College of Physicians. He currently serves as president of the American Society for Clinical Investigation and is a member of the Medical Advisory Board of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He is also a member of numerous boards of professional journals, including Science, Cell, Journal of Biological Chemistry, and Molecular Biology and Medicine; he is the co-editor of The Metabolic Basis of Inherited Disease. In 1982 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Chicago.
His Work: Dr. Goldstein's research has been in the areas of human biochemical genetics, the regulation of cholesterol and lipoprotein metabolism, and membrane receptor .
His Lecture: February 21, 1987: "Toward a Molecular Understanding of Cholesterol and Atherosclerosis"
Keywords
Biochemistry
Creation Date
February 21, 1987
Recommended Citation
Goldstein, Joseph L., "Toward a Molecular Understanding of Cholesterol and Atherosclerosis" (1987). DSLS 1986-1987. 4.
https://digitalcommons.bard.edu/dsls_1986_1987/4