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Eric Olson, Ph.D.

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Eric Olson
Name:
  Eric N. Olson, Ph.D.
Endowed Title:
  Robert A. Welch Distinguished Chair in Science
Annie and Willie Nelson Professorship in Stem Cell Research
Pogue Distinguished Chair in Research on Cardiac Birth Defects
Academic Title:
  Professor
Primary Appointment:
  Molecular Biology
School:
  Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Degree Program:
  Genetics and Development
Integrative Biology
Department Website:
  Molecular Biology
Lab Website:
  Welcome to the Olson Lab Webpage

EDUCATION
 
  1977   Wake Forest University
BA Chemistry and Biology
  1981   Bowman Gray School Of Medicine, Wake Forest University
Ph.D. Biochemistry
 
FELLOWSHIPS
 
  1981 - 1983   Washington Univ. School of Medicine
Postdoc; Dept. of Biological Chemistry
  1984 - 1988   M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Assistant Professor; Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  1988 - 1991   M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Associate Professor; Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  1991 - 1995   M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Professor and Chairman; Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  1995   UT Southwestern
Professor and Chairman, Dept. of Molecular Biology
 
HONORS AND AWARDS
 
  2005   Pollin Prize in Pediatric Research
  2001   Institute of Medicine
  2000   National Academy of Sciences
  2000   Pasarow Award in Cardiovascular Medicine
  1999   Gill Heart Institute Award for Outstanding Contributions to Cardiovascular Research
 
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS / AFFILIATIONS
 
Editor-in-Chief, Developmental Biology
Editorial Board, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Editorial Board, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Editorial Board, Circulation
Editorial Board, Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cadiology