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TRANSLATIONAL - A Tribute to the Life & Career of Keith L Parker

Track : TRANSLATIONAL

Program Code: L05-2

Date: Friday, June 12, 2009

Time: 8:00 AM to 8:30 AM EST

SPEAKER :

DM Stocco, MS PhD, Texas Tech Univ Hlth Sci Ctr.
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose

Dr. Stocco received a B.Sc. in 1967 and a M.Sc. in 1969 from the University of Windsor in Canada. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in 1972 and performed two years of postdoctoral research at UCLA. In 1974 he joined the faculty of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Centre where he is currently a Professor in the Department of Cell Biology and Biochemistry and the Executive Vice President for Research for the TTUHSC. Dr. Stocco�s research career has focused on the mechanisms involved in the regulation of steroid hormone synthesis. During the course of this research, his laboratory identified and characterized a novel protein, named the Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory or StAR protein, which is indispensable in the biosynthesis of steroid hormones. Dr. Stocco has published over 200 peer-reviewed original scientific articles, book chapters and review articles. In recognition of his work, Dr. Stocco received an NIH Research Career Development Award in 1985, and an NIH MERIT Award in 1996. He was named a Grover E. Murray Distinguished Professor in 1997 and was awarded the Robert A. Welch Endowed Chair in Biochemistry in 1998. In 2003 he was named a University Distinguished Professor. Dr. Stocco was awarded the Research Award by the Society for the Study of Reproduction in 1997, the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Distinguished Scientist Award for 1997 and was also presented with the Transatlantic Medal Award by the British Endocrine Society in 1999. In 2001 he was named a Raine Distinguished Professor at the University of Western Australia. In 2005 Dr. Stocco was awarded the Dean�s Research Award, the President�s Research Award and the Chancellor�s Council Distinguished Research Award and was elected as a Fellow of the AAAS.

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