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Jerry Shay, PhD
Endowed Title: Southland Financial Corporation Distinguished Chair in Geriatrics
Genetics and Development
Contact Information
UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390
Office Phone: 214-648-2570
Office Fax: 214-648-8694
Biography
Jerry W. Shay Professor
EDUCATION/TRAINING
The University of Texas at Austin, BA, Zoology/ Cell Biology, 1966
The University of Kansas at Lawrence, MA, Cell Biol. & Physiol.Mol. Cell., 1968
The University of Colorado at Boulder, PhD, Develop. Biology, 1972-1975
POSITIONS AND EMPLOYMENT
1975-1993 Assistant/Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology/Neuroscience, UT Southwestern
1993- Professor, Department of Cell Biology, UT Southwestern, Southland Financial Corporation Distinguished Chair in Geriatric Research
2002- Associate Director, Education and Training, UT Southwestern Harold Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center
PANELS
1990-1994 Member, NIH Study Section on Mammalian Genetics
1995-1997 Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Research Grant Committee
1996- present Mary Kay Ash Foundation, Chairman, Scientific Review Committee
1998-1999 Breast Cancer Research Program Integration Panel (ad hoc)
SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARDS/CONSULTATIONS
1996-present External Advisory Committee - Univ. Calif. San Diego Cancer Center
2002- present Reata Pharmaceutical, Dallas, TX (SAB)
EDITORIAL BOARDS
In Vitro, Cellular and Developmental Biology; Methods in Cell Science; Differentiation; International Journal of Molecular Medicine and Oncology; Experimental Gerontology; Antiaging Research; Mechanisms of Aging and Development: Aging Research Reviews; J. Clinical Pathology; Neoplasia; Cancer Research; J. National Cancer Institute; Clinical Cancer Research; J. Regenerative Medicine.
AWARDS
1978-1983 NIH Research Career Development Award
1995-1997 AlliedSignal Award for Research on Aging
1997 Institute for Scientific Research - Most highly cited researchers
1996-2003 Ellison Medical Foundation Senior Scholar
2001 American Aging Association, Hayflick Award
2005-2008 Ted Nash Award
CURRENT INTERNAL COMMITTEES
1996- Senior Leadership Committee UT Southwestern Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center
1997-present Executive Committee UTSW/MD Anderson Lung Cancer SPORE
2002- Search Committee, Chair in Radiation Oncology
2002- Search Committee, Director Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center
2002- American Cancer Society Internal Review Committee
US PATENTS
#5,489,508 Issue date: 02/06/96
"Therapy and Diagnosis of Conditions Related to Telomere Length and/or Telomerase Activity"
#5,639,613 Issue data: 06/17/97
"Methods for Cancer Diagnosis and Prognosis"
#5,645,986 Issue date: 07/08/97
"Telomerase Activity Inhibitor Screening"
#5,648,215 Issue date: 07/15/97
"Telomerase Diagnostic Methods"
#5,686,245 Issue date: 11/11/97
"Screening for Agents that Modulate Telomere Length"
#5,686,306 Issue date: 11/11/97
"Methods and Reagents for Lengthening Telomeres"
#5,693,474 Issue date: 12/2/97
"Methods for Cancer Diagnosis and Prognosis"
#5,695,932 Issue date: 12/9/97
"Telomerase Activity Assays for Diagnosing Pathogenic Infections and Identifying Pathogen Telomerase Inhibitors"
#5,707,795 Issue date: 1/13/98
"Diagnosis of Conditions Related to Telomere Length"
#5,830,644 Issue date: 11/3/98
"Method for Screening for Agents which Increase Telomerase Activity in a Cell"
Education
| Graduate School | University of Kansas Main Campus (1972) |
| Graduate School | University of Texas at Austin (1968) |
Research Interests
Publications
Baur, J.A., Shay, J.W. and Wright, W.E. , Science , 2001; (292):2075-2077
Morales, C.P., Holt, S.E., Ouelette, M., Kaur, K.J., Wilson, K.S., White, M.A., Wright, W.E., and Shay, J.W, , Nature Genetics , 1999; (21):115-118
Bodnar, A.G., Ouellete, M., Frolkis, M., Holt, S.E., Chiu, C.P., Morin, G.B., Harley, C.B., Shay, J.W., Lichtsteiner, S., and Wright, W.E. , Science , 1998; (279):349-352
Hiyama, E., Hiyama, K., Yokoyama, T., Matsuura, Y., Piatyszek, M.A., Shay, J.W. , Nature Medicine , 1995; (1):249-357
Kim, N.W., Piatyszek, M.A., Prowse, K.R., Harley, C.B., West, M.D., Ho, P.L.C., Coviello, G.M., Wright, W.E., Weinrich, S.L., Shay, J.W. , Science , 1994; (266):2011-2015
Pearce, V.P. ... Shay, J.W. , Oncogene , Spring 2008; (27):2365-2374
Y-S Cong, J.W. Shay , Cell Research , Spring 2008; (18):725-732
Jackson, S.R, Zhu, C-H., Paulson,V., Watkin, L., Dikemen, Z.G., Gryaznov, S.M., Wright, W.E. and Shay, J.W. , Cancer Research , Spring 2007; (67):1121-1129
Tsakiri, K.D., Cronkite, J.T., Kuan, P.J. Xing, C., Ganesh, R., Weissler, J.C., Rosenblatt, R.L. Shay, J.W. Garcia, C.K , PNAS , Spring 2007; (104):7552-7557
Roig, A. I. , Hight, S.K., and Shay, J.W. , Radiation Research , Fall 2008; (in press)
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Honors/Awards
Ranked 6th Most Cited Author in General Biomedical Sicence (2006)
Aging Research (2006)
American Aging Association (2001)
Distinguished Chair in Geriatric Research (2001)
Senior Scholar Award (1999)