Chair of Animal Biology at School of Veterinary Medicine: Ellen Puré |
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September 17, 2013, Volume 60, No. 5 |
The University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) announces the appointment of Dr. Ellen Puré as chair of the department of animal biology and as the Grace Lansing Lambert Professor of Biomedical Science.
As department chair, Dr. Puré will lead the department in performing pioneering, translational research; oversee the training of veterinary students; and participate in undergraduate and graduate training programs at Penn Vet.
Prior to joining Penn Vet, Dr. Puré served as professor of cellular and molecular oncogenesis at The Wistar Institute and as Wistar Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Pharmacology at Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine.
The Puré Laboratory at The Wistar Institute studies the molecular and cellular mechanisms of inflammation and fibrosis, which play significant roles in a wide array of diseases, including atherosclerosis, asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, pulmonary fibrosis and cancer.
Dr. Puré first joined The Wistar Institute in 1992 as an associate professor, arriving from the Rockefeller University, where she trained as a postdoctoral fellow and then joined the faculty as an assistant professor from 1984 to 1992 and assistant dean from 1988 to 1990.
She received her bachelor’s degree in biology from Washington University and a PhD in immunology from the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School.
Dr. Puré is also an associate director of the New York City-based Cancer Research Institute Scientific Advisory Council and chair of its Postdoctoral Fellowship Committee.
“Dr. Puré’s expertise, her enthusiasm about forging connections across disciplines and departments, and her internationally recognized research credentials make her a perfect fit for Penn Vet,” said Dr. Joan C. Hendricks, the Gilbert S. Kahn Dean of Veterinary Medicine. “We look forward to watching the department of animal biology thrive under her leadership.”
The professorship was established in 1982 by Mrs. Grace Lansing Lambert, then a member of the School’s Board of Overseers, who was noted for popularizing the Morgan horse and the Laborador retriever in the US.
Penn Vet’s department of animal biology is recognized as one of the foremost basic science departments in veterinary medicine. It is home to 24 faculty members whose research interests fall within the fields of cancer biology, development, stem cell biology and regenerative medicine, neuroscience, metabolism and endocrinology, and the biochemical basis of disease.
Penn Vet’s proximity to world-class academic veterinary and medical hospitals provides ample opportunity for collaboration, resulting in cutting-edge basic and comparative translational research to advance both animal and human medicine. It is recognized as one of the premier basic science departments in veterinary medicine and research conducted in animal biology has had a major global impact on experimental biology and medicine. Animal biology links the school with Penn’s biomedical community.
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