Kim Orth

Kim Orth is the Earl A. Forsythe chair in biomedical science and professor of molecular biology and biochemistry at UT Southwestern.[1] She is also a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator.[2] Her research focuses on bacterial pathogenesis.[3]

Kim Orth
Alma mater
Scientific career
Institutions

Orth graduated from Texas A&M University in 1984 with a B.S. in biochemistry. She went to the UCLA School of Medicine for an M.S. in biological chemistry, and then to University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center for a PhD in biochemistry and molecular biology.[4]

Awards
  • 2003 Beckman Young Investigators[5]
  • 2006 Burroughs Wellcome Investigator in Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease
  • 2012 ASBMB Young Investigator Award
  • 2016 Elected fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology[1]
  • 2018 ASBMB Merck Award[6]

References
  1. "Kim Orth, Ph.D. - Faculty Profile - UT Southwestern". profiles.utsouthwestern.edu. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  2. "Kim Orth". HHMI.org. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  3. "Kim Orth - Researches". Researchgate.
  4. Orth, K. (1 July 2013). "An interview with Kim Orth". Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 38 (7): 331–332. doi:10.1016/j.tibs.2013.05.002. ISSN 0968-0004. PMID 23768998. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  5. "Orth, Kim". www.beckman-foundation.org. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  6. "Orth a 'scientific trailblazer' in the field of bacterial pathogenesis". www.asbmb.org. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
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