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Heart Disease Expert Elected to NAS Robert W. Mahley, MD, PhD, an internationally known expert on heart disease and cholesterol metabolism, was elected yesterday to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences (NAS).
Mahley, UCSF professor of pathology and medicine and president of the J. David Gladstone Institutes, has focused his research over the past 20 years on the characterization of the apo-E protein and determination of its structure and function. His seminal studies have identified critical changes in plasma lipoproteins associated with the development of accelerated atherosclerosis induced by dietary fat and cholesterol and have described the molecular interactions between apo-E, apo-B, and the low density lipoprotein receptor. The Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, which opened in 1979, has grown to include more than 100 investigators, postdoctoral fellows, students, and research associates. The Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease now occupies about 48,000 square feet of laboratory and office space at San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center. With the election of Mahley to the NAS, 25 current or former UCSF faculty are members of the Academy. The National Academy of Sciences is a private organization of scientists and engineers dedicated to furthering of science and its use for the general welfare. The Academy was established in 1863 by a Congressional act of incorporation, signed by Abraham Lincoln, that calls on the Academy to act as an official adviser to the federal government, upon request, in any matter of science or technology. Links: |
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Mahley,
the founder and director of the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular
Disease at UCSF, was one of 60 new members and 15 foreign associates
from nine countries, recognized Tuesday (May 2) by the NAS for distinguished
and continuing achievements in research. Election to membership in
the Academy is considered one of the highest honors that can be accorded
a US scientist.