Biosketch
Eric N. Olson, Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman of Molecular Biology
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
- 1973-1977 B.A., Chemistry and Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
- 1977-1981 Ph.D., Biochemistry, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University
- 2003 Honorary Doctorate, Wake Forest University
Degrees:
- 1981-1983 Postdoctoral Fellow (with Dr. Luis Glaser), Dept. of Biological Chemistry, Washington University School of Medicine
- 1984 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- 1989 Associate Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- 1991 Professor and Chairman, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- 1991-1995 Robert A. Welch Professor in Chemistry
- 1995-present Professor and Chairman, Department of Molecular Biology, U.T. Southwestern Medical Center
- Director, Hamon Center for Basic Cancer Research
- 1995 Nancy B. and Jake L. Hamon Distinguished Chair
- 1999-present Associate Director, D.W. Reynolds Center of Cardiovascular Medicine
- 2001 Robert A. Welch Distinguished Professor
- 2005 Annie and Willie Nelson Professor in Stem Cell Biology
- 2006 Pogue Distinguished Chair in Research on Cardiac Birth Defects
Appointments:
- 1998 Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1998 Edgar Haber Cardiovascular Medicine Research Award, American Heart Association
- 1999 American Heart Association Basic Research Prize
- 1999 Gill Heart Institute Award for Outstanding Contributions to Cardiovascular Medicine
- 1999 Elected to U.S. National Academy of Sciences
- 2000 Pasarow Foundation Award in Cardiovascular Medicine
- 2000 NIH, MERIT Award
- 2001 Elected to the Institute of Medicine of National Academy of Sciences
- 2001 Bristol-Myers Squibb "Freedom to Discover" Unrestricted Research Award
- 2003 Founding Distinguished Scientist Award, American Heart Association
- 2003 Louis and Artur Lucian Award for Research in Cardiovascular Diseases, McGill University
- 2005 Outstanding Investigator Award, International Society for Heart Research (ISHR)
- 2005 Pollin Prize in Pediatric Research, Columbia University
- 2008 American Heart Association Research Achievement Award
- 2009 LeFoulon Delalande Grand Prix Awarded by the Institut de France and French Academy of Science
- 2009 Charles Butcher Award in Genomics and Biotechnology, University of Colorado
- 2009 Robert Beamish Leadership Award, University of Manitoba
- 2010 Medal of Merit, International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences
- 2012 Passano Award
Selected Honors:
- 1996-2006 Founder and consultant, Myogen, Inc.
- 1995-present Board of Trustees, Society for Developmental Biology
- 1997-2001 Council Member, American Society for Cell Biology
- 1998-present Scientific Advisory Board, Stowers Institute of Medical Research
- 2003-present Scientific Review Board, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Selected Activities:
- 1991-1995 The Journal of Biological Chemistry
- 1992-present Circulation Research
- 1993-present Circulation
- 1994-1998 Journal of Cell Biology
- 1995-2005 Editor-in-Chief, Developmental Biology
- 1993-present Molecular and Cellular Biology
- 2001-present Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- 2004-present Science
- 2005-present Developmental Cell