Prof Dr Richard P. Lifton

Nationality
US

Year of Birth
1953

1975
Biology, Dartmouth College, BA

1982
Stanford University, MD

1986
Stanford University, Biochemistry, PhD

1983-1986
Medical Residency, Brigham Women’s Hospital

1986–1987
Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts, Chief Medical Resident

1986–1990
Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts, Instructor in Medicine 

1991–1993
Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts, Assistant Professor Medicine

1993–1994
Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut, Assistant Professor, Medicine & Genetics

1994–1997
Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut, Associate Professor, Medicine & Genetics

1994–2016
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Maryland, Investigator

1997–2016
Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut, Professor, Internal Medicine & Genetics

1998–2016
Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut, Yale Center for Human Genetics & Genomics, Director

1998–2016
Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut, Department of Genetics, Chairman

2002–2016
Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut, Sterling Professor of Genetics

2009–2016
Yale Center for Genome Analysis, Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut, Executive Director

Since 2016
Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut, Adjunct Professor of Genetics and Internal Medicine

Since 2016
The Rockefeller University, Head of Laboratory of Human Genetics and Genomics

Since 2016
The Rockefeller University, Carson Family Professor

Since 2016
The Rockefeller University, New York City, New York, President

–

–

1996–2002
Chair, Scientific Supervisory Board, Curagen Corporation, USA

2000–2002
Scientific Advisory Board, Merck & Co., USA

2002–2014
Chair, Scientific Advisory Board, Merck & Co., USA

2004–2014
Advisor to President, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., USA

Since 2004
Lasker Awards Jury, New York, USA

2007–2010, since 2014
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, The Simons Foundation Autism Research, USA

2012-2015
Member of the Governing Council, The National Academy of Sciences, USA

Since 2014
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Jury, New York, USA

2016-2022
Chan-Zuckerberg Biohub, Scientific Advisory Board

Since 2016
The Rockefeller University, Board of Trustees, New York City, New York, USA

Since 2016
Rockefeller Archive Center, Board of Directors, New York City, New York, USA

Since 2016
New York Genome Center, Board of Directors, New York City, New York, USA

Since 2016
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Board of Scientific Consultants

2019–2020
Co-Chair, The International Commission on the Clinical Use of Human Germline Genome Editing, USA and UK

Since 2019
Brotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine, Scientific Advisory Board

1998
Homer Smith Award, American Society of Nephrology

1999
Novartis Award for Hypertension Research

2000
Pasarow Foundation, Medical Research Award

2001
Elected to National Academy of Sciences

2002
The Basic Research Prize, American Heart Association

2002
Elected to Institute of Medicine

2002
Richard Bright Award, The American Society of Hypertension

2003
Roy O. Greep Award, The Endocrine Society

2005
Doctor of Science (Honorary), Mt. Sinai School of Medicine

2006
Robert Tigerstedt Award, International Society of Hypertension

2007
Alfred Newton Richards Award, International Society of Nephrology

2008
Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences

2012
Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

2014
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences

2015
Arthur Kornberg and Paul Berg Lifetime Achievement Award in Biomedical Sciences, Stanford

2016
Doctor of Science (Honorary), Northwestern University

2016
New York Academy of Medicine Medal for Distinguished Contributions to Biomedical Science

2018
Doctor of Medical Sciences (Honorary), Yale University

2023
George M. Kober Medal, Association of American Physicians