主题:  Learning to program the liver

主讲人：Prof. Curtis Klaassen, University Distinguished Professor of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center

时间: 2015年10月20日，10:30

地点: 24教学楼408会议室

组织方: 天津大学药学院

主讲人介绍：
Dr. Klaassen is a professor atthe University of Washington. Before that, he had been a University Distinguished Professor and the Chair for Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics at the University of Kansas Medical Center for 10 years. He received his B.S. from Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa in 1964, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of Iowa and has been at Kansas Medical Center since 1968. Dr. Klaassen is certified in toxicology by the American Board of Toxicology (1980) and the Academy of Toxicological Sciences (1991).
Dr. Klaassen’s research interests have centered on how we adapt to chemicals in the environment. Studies have included the hepatobiliary disposition of xenobiotics, the toxicity of cadmium, the hepatotoxicity of chemicals, and mechanisms of chemical-induced thyroid tumors. He has published approximately 500 peer-reviewed articles, and more than 80 review articles and chapters for books. He received the Achievement Award from the Society of Toxicology in 1978 for his research accomplishments. He was cited by Eugene Garfield in Current Contents (January 18, 1993) as the scientist that had the fourth highest scientific impact in the United States in the study of xenobiotics (drugs and other chemicals), and in 2002 was named “Highly Cited Researcher” in Pharmacology (top 0.5%) by the Institute for Scientific Information.
Dr. Klaassen has been an associate editor of a number of journals including the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics for 24 years and Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology for 10 years. He was the inaugural Editor-in-Chief of Toxicological Sciences, the journal of the Society of Toxicology. He has served on numerous national and international committees including those with the National Institutes of Health, Food and Drug Administration, National Library of Medicine, Environmental Protection Agency, National Academy of Science, National Toxicology Program, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, International Life Science Institute, United States Air Force, World Health Organization, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, American Dental Association, and International Agency for Research on Cancer.He has been recognized by Society of Toxicology with the Achievement Award, Education Award, and from the Women in Toxicology Special Interest Group with their Mentoring Award. Recently, he received the Merit Award from the Society of Toxicology, and the annual Mildred S. Christian Career Achievement Award fromthe Academy of Toxicological Sciences.