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Postdoctoral Position Available

Michael Czech, Ph.D.

Academic Role: Professor

Faculty Appointment(s) In:
   Program in Molecular Medicine

Joint Faculty In:
   Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

Other Affiliation(s):
   Center for AIDS Research
   Interdisciplinary Graduate Program

Academic Background

Michael P. Czech is Professor and founding Chair of the Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School. Molecular Medicine currently includes 37 faculty research laboratories, several Howard Hughes Investigators and over 400 scientists and staff. His research addresses mechanisms of signal transduction and insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes and obesity. His laboratory has recently applied RNAi to discover novel drug targets and to develop therapeutic strategies for alleviating inflammatory and metabolic diseases.

Dr. Czech earned the PhD degree in biochemistry in 1972 at Brown University, and completed postdoctoral study at Duke University Medical Center. He became Assistant Professor at Brown in 1974, rising to the rank of Professor in 1980. In 1981 Dr. Czech moved to the University of Massachusetts Medical School as Professor and Chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, which he led until his appointment as Director of Molecular Medicine in 1989.

Dr. Czech has authored approximately 275 publications, serves on several editorial boards, and has served on several NIH Study Sections and Review Panels of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He has received the Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award of the American Diabetes Association, 1982; the David Rumbough Scientific Award of the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation in 1985; an NIH MERIT Award, 1997-2005; the Elliot P. Joslin Medal in 1998, the 2000 CIIT Founder’s Award, the 2000 Banting Medal and the 2004 Albert Renold Award of the American Diabetes Association.

Office: Suite 100
Phone: 508-856-2254
Fax: 508-856-1617
E-mail: Michael.Czech@umassmed.edu
Keywords: Signal Transduction, Cell Biology, Biochemistry

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