Richard P. Lifton

Richard P. Lifton
11th President of Rockefeller University
Assumed office
2016
Preceded by Marc Tessier-Lavigne
Personal details
Born 1953 (age 64–65)
Nationality American
Alma mater Dartmouth College, Stanford University
Awards Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences (2008), Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2014)
Scientific career
Fields Genetics
Institutions The Rockefeller University
Yale University
Stanford University
Thesis The Organization and expression of the Drosophila melanogaster histone genes and interspersed mobile elements (1986)
Doctoral advisor David Hogness

Richard P. Lifton (born 1953) is an American biochemist, and is the 11th and current president of The Rockefeller University.[1] He earned his B.A. in biological sciences from Dartmouth College and in 1986 he got his M.D. and Ph.D. in biochemistry from Stanford University.[2] He trained at Brigham and Women's Hospital before starting his lab at Yale in 1993.[3] He has been awarded the Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences for his discovery of genes that are associated with the regulation of blood pressure.[4] In 2014 he was awarded the $3 million Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for his work.[5] He has been a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator since 1994. He was inducted into the National Academy of Science, Institute of Medicine, and is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[6]

In May 2016, Lifton was named the president of Rockefeller University.[7] He succeeded Marc Tessier-Lavigne.

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References

  1. ↑ "Richard P. Lifton assumes office as the university's 11th president". The Rockefeller University. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  2. ↑ Lifton, Richard Priestley (1986). The Organization And Expression Of The Drosophila Melanogaster Histone Genes And Interspersed Mobile Elements (repeated, Pseudogenes) (Ph.D.). Stanford University. OCLC 245263386 – via ProQuest. (Subscription required (help)).
  3. ↑ "Richard Lifton, M.D., Ph.D." Broad Institute. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  4. ↑ Seventh Annual Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences Awarded to Dr. Richard P. Lifton
  5. ↑ "Laureates: 2014". Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences.
  6. ↑ "Richard P. Lifton, M.D., Ph.D." HHMI. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  7. ↑ "Richard P. Lifton named 11th president of The Rockefeller University". Rockefeller University. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
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