Nancy Andrews (biologist)

Nancy C. Andrews
Born (1958-11-29) November 29, 1958
Nationality American
Alma mater Yale University, Harvard Medical School, M.I.T.
Known for iron deficiency
Scientific career
Fields Biology
Institutions Duke University School of Medicine
Doctoral advisor David Baltimore
Other academic advisors Joan Steitz


Nancy C. Andrews (born November 29, 1958) is an American biologist noted for her research on iron homeostasis. Andrews was formerly Dean of the Duke University School of Medicine.[1]

Biography

Andrews grew up in Syracuse, New York.[1] She earned a B.S. and M.S. from Yale University. She carried out her M.S. research with Joan Steitz at Yale University, studying molecular biophysics and biochemistry, and continued her graduate work with David Baltimore, earning an M.D.-Ph.D. at Harvard Medical School and M.I.T. (1985).[1] She completed her postdoctoral work with Stuart Orkin at Children's Hospital Boston.

Andrews then joined the faculty at Harvard University in 1991, assuming an endowed chair in 2003, a position at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and a position as Dean for Basic Sciences and Graduate Studies at Harvard Medical School. In 2007, Andrews left to take a position as the first female Dean of Medicine at Duke University.[1][2] In this position, she was the only woman heading any of the top ten medical schools in the U.S.[1][3]

Andrews studied treatments for and molecular processes governing iron disease, such as anemia (iron deficiency) and hemochromatosis.[4]

Andrews currently serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.

Personal life

She is married to fellow biologist Bernard Mathey-Prevot with whom she has two children, Camille and Nicolas. She is the great granddaughter of New York Court of Appeals Judge William Shankland Andrews and Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews, and also a direct descendant of Charles Andrews and Frederic Dan Huntington.

Significant papers

  • Hentze MW, Muckenthaler M and Andrews NC. Balancing acts: molecular control of mammalian iron metabolism. Cell 2004; 117:285-97.[5]
  • Huang FW, Pinkus JL, Pinkus GS, Fleming MD and Andrews NC. Journal of Clinical Investigation 2005; 115:2187-91.[5]
  • Lim J, Jin O, Bennett C, Morgan K, Wang F, Trenor CC 3rd, Fleming MD and Andrews NC. Nature Genetics 2005; 37:1270-3.[5]
  • Babitt JL, Huang FW, Wrighting DM, Xia Y, Sidis Y, Samad TA, Campagna JA, Chung RT, Schneyer AL, Woolf CJ, Andrews NC, Lin HY. Bone morphogenetic protein signaling by hemojuvelin regulates hepcidin expression. Nature Genetics 2006; 38:531-9.[5]

Awards

References

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Duke University, "Harvard Physician-Scientist Named Dean of Duke University School of Medicine", August 27, 2007
  2. ↑ "Duke Taps First Woman To Lead Medical School", Wall Street Journal, Aug. 28, 2007.
  3. ↑ "Andrews Makes History at Duke Med School", Interview with Dr. Nancy Andrews, NPR, Sept. 2, 2007 (Andrews discusses "the challenges facing women in medicine and where medical education is headed").
  4. ↑ "Iron Exporter Revealed That May Explain Common Human Disorder", ScienceDaily, Mar. 31, 2005.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Nancy C. Andrews research overview", Key Publications, Children's Hospital.
  6. ↑ "Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter A" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
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