Paul Billings

Paul Billings is an American doctor, lecturer, researcher, professor, and consultant on genetic information.

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Background

Billings began his undergraduate education at UC Santa Cruz in 1970 and then transferred to UC San Diego in 1972. While at UCSD, Billings worked with adviser Martin Kagnoff as a student fellow at the Salk Institude of Biological Sciences and spent the summer of 1973 as a student summer fellow at American Gastroenterology Association advised by Morton Grossman. He graduated summa cum laude from UC San Diego in 1974 with an Artium Baccalaureatus (AB) Degree in History.

After his undergraduate degree, Billings went on to study medicine and, more specifically, immunology at Harvard University with a Medical Scientist Training Grant Fellowship from NIH and Harvard University. He won Harvard Medical School's James Tolbert Shipley Prize for best published research in 1979. Billings' MD adviser at Harvard was Baruj Benacerraf, who went on to win a Nobel Prize the following year. Billings graduated in 1979 with both a PhD in immunology and an M.D. degree.[1]

Billings went from medical school into his residency at University of Washington Affiliated Hospitals, which he finished in 1982. After his residency, Billings stayed on as a fellow in medical genetics until 1984 under the advisement of Arno Motulsky. After a winter as Acting Assistant Professor in the Department of Genetics, still at University of Washington, he returned to the Boston area to begin a series of clinical and research fellowships. By 1985, Billings was diplomat and board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

Billings went on to teach and tutor at a university level while conducting research and practicing medicine. Billings has been on the faculties of University of California, Berkeley, Harvard University, University of California, San Francisco, and Stanford University. His research focuses on ethics and medicine. Specifically, he is interested in the impact of genetic information and biotechnology on society, the integration of genomics into healthcare, post-genomic health and identity, molecular biology and immunogenetics, their relationship to cellular differentiation, and their application in cancer care, and human stem cell research and its relationship to clinical medicine. Billings' research on genetic discrimination provided academic support for the Genetic Information Non-discrimination Act. He has received research grants for his work from various organizations, including National Institutes of Health, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Council for Responsible Genetics.

Government positions

A partial list of Billings' government positions:

Office of Technology Assessment, United States Congress:

National Institutes of Health (NIH):

Current

Billings is currently director and chief science officer of El Camino Hospital's Genomic Medicine Institute.[2] Billings is pending reappointment as Adjunct Professor in the Department of Anthropology at University of California, Berkeley.[3] He is currently Adviser of CELLective Dx Corporation (CLDx) and a member of the HHS Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genomics, Health and Society.

Dr. Billings is on the boards of several for-profit and not-for-profit organizations seeking involved in health care.[4]

Publications

Partial list of publications:

Billings on "Genetics news (www.geneletter.com)":

Books published:

References

  1. ^ "Expert Consultants: Paul Billings". Accessed June 17, 2009.
  2. ^ "El Camino Hospital Names Paul Billings Director and Chief Science Officer of Genomic Medicine Institute". Business Wire. May 04, 2009. Accessed via BNET on July 1, 2009.
  3. ^ Billings, Paul Richard. "Billings' CV". National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Biotechnology Activities (OBA). February 2009.
  4. ^ "Council for Responsible Genetics", "Staff." Council for Responsible Genetics. Accessed June 17, 2009

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