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Luis Parada, Ph.D.

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Luis Parada
Name:
  Luis F. Parada, Ph.D.
Endowed Title:
  Diana & Richard C Strauss Distinguished Chair in Developmental Biology
Southwestern Ball Distinguished Chair in Basic Neuroscience Research
Academic Title:
  Professor
Primary Appointment:
  Developmental Biology
School:
  Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Degree Program:
  Genetics and Development
MSTP
Neuroscience
Affiliations:
  The Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center
Department Website:
  Department of Developmental Biology; Kent Waldrep Foundation Center for Basic Neuroscience Research
Lab Website:
  Research Laboratories
Email:
  Luis Parada, Ph.D.

EDUCATION
 
  1979   University Of Wisconsin-Madison
BS Molecular Biology
  1985   Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
Ph.D. Biology
 
RESIDENCIES
 
  1987 - 1991   NCI-Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center
Head, Molecular Embryology Group, Mammalian Genetics Laboratory
  1991 - 1994   NCI - Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center
Head, Molecular Embryology Section (with tenure), Mammalian Genetics Laboratory
  1994 - 2006   UT Southwestern
Professor of Cell Biology and Director
  1995   UT Southwestern
Director Kent Waldrep Center for Nerve Regeneration
  2006   UT Southwestern
Chairman Dept. of Developmental Biology
 
FELLOWSHIPS
 
  1985 - 1987   Pasteur Institute, Paris France
Unite de Genetique Cellulair
  1985 - 1986   Pasteur Institute, Paris France
Damon Runyon Fellow
  1986 - 1987   Pasteur Institute, Paris France
Helen Hay Whitney Fellow
 
HONORS AND AWARDS
 
  2003   American Cancer Society Research Professor
  2007   American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  2007   Institute of Medicine- NAS
  2008   Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science
  2009   2nd Friederich Von Recklinghausen Award
 
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS / AFFILIATIONS
 
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Society for Neuroscience
American Association for Cancer Research
Society for Developmental Biology
Intl. Society for Stem Cell Research