Curriculum Vitae

Ferid Murad, born September 14, 1936 in Whiting, Indiana, USA

Academic Education

1958-65 Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology, Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH

Appointments and Professional Activities

1975-81 Professor, Depts of Internal Medicine and Pharmacology, Univ of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA

1971-81 Director, Clinical Research Center, Univ of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

1973-81 Director, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Dept of Internal Medicine, Charlottesville, VA

1981-89 Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine and Pharmacology, Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA

1981-86 Chief of Medicine, Palo Alto Veterans Administration Medical Center, CA

1988- Professor (Adjunct), Department of Pharmacology, Northwestern Univ Medical School, Chicago, Illinois

1990-92 Vice President, Pharmaceutical Research & Development, and Corporate Officer, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois

1993-95 CEO/President, Molecular Geriatrics Corporation, Lake Bluff, Illinois

Fellowships and Awards

Cuba Award Recipient, 1988

Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award, 1996

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Full Text of Dr. Murad’s Nobel Prize lecture can be accessed at http://www.nobel.se/medicine/laureates/1998/murad-lecture.pdf