Jeffrey William Pollard - Curriculum Vitae#
EDUCATION:
- 1971 B.Sc 1st Class with Special Honours (Zoology), University of Sheffield, UK
- 1974 Ph.D. (Biochemistry) Imperial Cancer Research Fund and Kings College, University of London, UK
POST DOCTORAL TRAINING:
- 1975 - 1979 Research Fellow of the National Cancer Institute of Canada at the Ontario Cancer Institute and Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Canada.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
- 1979 Research Associate at the Ontario Cancer Institute, Canada
- 1980 - 1985 Lecturer in Biochemistry at Queen Elizabeth College (QEC), University of London, UK
- 1985 - 1988 Lecturer in Biochemistry, King's College, University of London, UK
- 1988 - 1993 Associate Professor, Dept. Developmental and Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA
- 1991 - 1993 Associate Professor, Dept. Obstetrics and Gynecology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA
- 1993 - 2020 Professor, Depts. Developmental and Molecular Biology and Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women’s Health, New York, USA
- 1993 - 2002 Associate Director for Laboratory Research, Albert Einstein Cancer Center, New York, USA
- 1997 - 2013 Professor with tenure, Depts. Developmental and Molecular Biology and OB/GYN and Women’s Health, New York, USA.
- 1998 - 2008 Feinberg Senior Faculty Scholar in Cancer Research, USA
- 2000 - 2012 Director, Center for the Study of Reproductive Biology and Women’s Health, New York, USA
- 2002 - 2012 Deputy Director, Albert Einstein Cancer Center, New York, USA
- 2008 - 2016 Louis Goldstein Swan Chair in Women’s Cancer Research
- 2009 - 2013 Director, NICHD Specialized Cooperative Center in Reproduction and Infertility Research (SCCPIR), Albert Einstein, New York, USA
- 2012 - 2022 Director, MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, Professor of Resilience Biology, University of Edinburgh, UK
- 2012 - 2015 Honorary Professorship, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
- 2018 - 2021 Visiting Professor at Kitasato University, Tokyo, Japan
- 2021 - present Affliated Professor CCBIO Bergen, Norway
RECENT MAJOR AWARDS AND HONORS:
- 2009 Rothschild-Yvette Mayent-Institut Curie award
- 2010 American Cancer Society's Medal of Honor for Basic Science Research
- 2011 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (FAAAS)
- 2013 - 2018 The Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award
- 2013 Fellow Royal Society of Biology (FRSB)
- 2013 - 2021 Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award
- 2015 Fellow Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE)
- 2015 Listed in “Who’s Who” UK
- 2016 Fellow Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci)
