Nancy Andrews
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Nancy C. Andrews (born 29 November 1958) is a biologist noted for her research on iron homeostasis. Andrews is currently Dean of the Duke University School of Medicine.[1]
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[edit] Biography
Andrews grew up in Syracuse, New York.[1] She earned a B.S. and M.S. from Yale University. She began her graduate studies with Joan Steitz at Yale University, studying molecular biophysics and biochemistry, before transferring to work with David Baltimore, earning an M.D.-Ph.D. at Harvard Medical School and M.I.T. (1985).[1] Andrews completed her postdoc at Children's Hospital Boston with Stuart Orkin.
Andrews then joined the faculty at Harvard University in 1991, assuming an endowed chair in 2003, a position at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and a position as Dean for Basic Sciences and Graduate Studies at Harvard Medical School. In 2007, Andrews left to take a position as the first female Dean of Medicine at Duke University.[1][2] In this position, she is the only woman heading any of the top ten medical schools in the U.S.[1][3]
Andrews has been a groundbreaker in the study of treatments for and molecular processes governing iron disease, such as anemia (iron deficiency) and hemochromatosis.[4]
Andrews is married to fellow biologist Bernard Mathey-Prevot.
[edit] Significant papers
- Hentze MW, Muckenthaler M and Andrews NC. Balancing acts: molecular control of mammalian iron metabolism. Cell 2004; 117:285-97.[5]
- Huang FW, Pinkus JL, Pinkus GS, Fleming MD and Andrews NC. Journal of Clinical Investigation 2005; 115:2187-91.[5]
- Lim J, Jin O, Bennett C, Morgan K, Wang F, Trenor CC 3rd, Fleming MD and Andrews NC. Nature Genetics 2005; 37:1270-3.[5]
- Babitt JL, Huang FW, Wrighting DM, Xia Y, Sidis Y, Samad TA, Campagna JA, Chung RT, Schneyer AL, Woolf CJ, Andrews NC, Lin HY. Bone morphogenetic protein signaling by hemojuvelin regulates hepcidin expression. Nature Genetics 2006; 38:531-9.[5]
[edit] Awards
- 1993-2006, Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- 1998 Samuel Rosenthal Prize for Excellence in Academic Pediatrics
- 2000 American Federation for Medical Research Foundation Outstanding Investigator Award in Basic Science
- 2002 E. Mead Johnson Award from the Society for Pediatric Research
- 2004 Dean's Leadership Award for the Advancement of Women Faculty at Harvard Medical School.
- 2007, Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Member, Institute of Medicine, National Academies of Science
[edit] References
- Andrews profile, HHMI
- Andrews research abstract, HHMI
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ a b c d e Duke University, "Harvard Physician-Scientist Named Dean of Duke University School of Medicine", Aug. 27, 2007.
- ^ "Duke Taps First Woman To Lead Medical School", Wall Street Journal, Aug. 28, 2007.
- ^ "Andrews Makes History at Duke Med School", Interview with Dr. Nancy Andrews, NPR, Sept. 2, 2007 (Andrews discusses "the challenges facing women in medicine and where medical education is headed").
- ^ "Iron Exporter Revealed That May Explain Common Human Disorder", ScienceDaily, Mar. 31, 2005.
- ^ a b c d "Nancy C. Andrews research overview", Key Publications, Children's Hospital.
