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Academic Profile

Academic Background: M.D., Ph.D. in Genetics, University of Pennsylvania, 1984; B.A. in Biology, Harvard University, 1978.

Research Interests: Cellular responses to hypoxia, focusing on hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) and their role in cancer, ischemia, and other diseases.

Appointments: Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Director, Vascular Program, Institute for Cell Engineering.

Awards: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2019) for discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability; Lasker Award (2016).

Publications: Authored 'Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1 Is a Basic-Helix-Loop-Helix-PAS Heterodimer Regulated by Cellular O2 Tension' (PNAS, 1995).

Additional Contributions: Editorial board member for multiple journals; frequent speaker at international medical conferences.