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Expert Details

Global Reproductive Health, Contraceptive R&D and Translational Research

ID: 727983 Texas, USA

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Expert has been a Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN) at Eastern Virginia Medical School since 1995 and the director of the Consortium for Industrial Collaboration in Contraceptive Research (CICCR) project of CONRAD. He has expertise in reproductive biology and fertility regulation. He obtained his Ph.D. in 1962 and his Sc.D. in 1979 from the U. of Cambridge, UK, and his MBA in 1984 from the U. of Texas at San Antonio. He was elected a Fellow of the UK Society of Biology in 1979. Expert has served as a technical officer at Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. (now AstraZeneca PLC), and as a scientific officer in the WHO Special Programme of Research, Development, and Research Training in Human Reproduction. From 1979 to 1993, he was first Associate, then full Professor and Chief, Division of Reproductive Research, in the OB-GYN Department at the U. of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, and from 1993 to 1995, in the Department of OB-GYN and the Department of Cell Biology at Baylor College of Medicine. Expert has been a consultant on reproductive biology and contraception to many national and international organizations.

He was the lead-discoverer of Tamoxifen, widely used for the treatment of breast cancer. He has published extensively (196 papers, chapters and reviews) on reproductive biology and contraception, including Birth Control Technologies: Prospects by the year 2000 (1983). He has served on two Institute of Medicine Committees which produced the reports: Contraceptive Research and Development: Looking to the Future (1996) and New Frontiers in Contraceptive Research: A Blueprint for Action (2004).


He has acted as a tecnical consultant for Schering Plough (2009), Schering AG,(joint reseacrh program (2004-2008), Wyeth-Ayerst (1994), GD Searle and Co. (1987-1992) and AstraZeneca (1981-1991) concerning contraceptive R&D.

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 1984 Degree: MBA Subject: Management Institution: University of Texas at San Antonio
Year: 1979 Degree: ScD Subject: Contributions to Advancement of Science Institution: University of Cambridge, UK
Year: 1962 Degree: PhD Subject: Reproductive Physiology Institution: University of Cambridge, UK
Year: 1958 Degree: Post Graduate Diploma (equivalent to MS) Subject: Animal Science Institution: University of Reading, UK
Year: 1957 Degree: BA Subject: Agriculture Institution: University of Cambridge, UK

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1995 to 2010 Employer: Eastern Virginia Medical School Title: Professor Emeritus Department: OB-GYN
Responsibilities:
He has been Director of the Consortium for Industrial Collaboration in Contraceptive Research, a program of CONRAD.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1993 to 1995 Employer: Baylor College of Medicine Title: Professor Department: OB-GYN and Cell Biology
Responsibilities:
He was Director of Reproductive Research in the Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Division
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1975 to 1993 Employer: Univerity of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Title: Associate to Full Professor Department: OB-GYN and Physiology
Responsibilities:
He was Chief, Reproductive Research Division
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1972 to 1975 Employer: World Health Organization Title: Scientist Department: Human Reproduction Programme
Responsibilities:
He was a manager of three Task Forces working different approaches to novel contraceptives.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1964 to 1972 Employer: Worcester Foundation For Experimental Biology, Shrewsbury MA Title: Postdoc to Senior Scientist Department:
Responsibilities:
He was a postdoc fellow with MC Chang and then obtained his own NIH funding, including a Research Career Develoment Award.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1961 to 1965 Employer: ICI Pharmaceuticals (now AstraZeneca) Title: Technical Officer Department: Biology
Responsibilities:
He was charged with discovery of new contraceptives. His work resulted in discovery of Tamoxifen, a potent antiestrogen useful for breast cancer therapy.

Government Experience

Years Agency Role Description
Years: 1988 to Present Agency: USAID Role: Member of Review Team Description: He was a member of review team evaluating an USIAD program
Years: 1993 to Present Agency: USA Role: Member of review Team Description: He was a member of review team evaluating an USIAD program
Years: 1992 to Present Agency: NIH Role: Member of review panel Description: Reviewer Ad Hoc Study Section to review Perinatal Emphasis Research Center applications
Years: 1991 to Present Agency: NIH Role: Chairman of Panel Description: Chair NIH Special Study Section to review applications for Cooperative Program of Contraceptive Research and Development Centers

International Experience

Years Country / Region Summary
Years: 1972 to 1975 Country / Region: Switzerland Summary: He worked as a Slentist at WHO, Geneva in the HR program to develop novel contraceptives
Years: 1961 to 1966 Country / Region: UK Summary: He was employed as a technical Oficer to discover novel contraceptive agents

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
He recived a Research Career Development Award from NICHD.
Licenses / Certifications
Fellow of Society of Biology, UK
Texas Real Estate Broker's License
Professional Appointments
Associate Editor for Contraception, Reviewer for many Journals (Endocrinology, Theriogenology, Endocrine, Fertility and Sterility).
Reviewer for NIH - Loan Repayment Program, Innovative Research Applications and Ad Hoc Panels.
Publications and Patents Summary
He has 148 publications in peer-reviewed Journals and 48 Chapters and reviews. he has 4 patents and one book on Birth Control Technologies..

Additional Experience

Expert Witness Experience
He has been deposed and given testimony 4 times in relation to lawsuits seeking to invalidating the Tamoxifen patent.
Training / Seminars
He has given innumerable invited and research lectures and also lectures to medical and dental students.
Other Relevant Experience
He has served as a consultant for a variety of government agencies (NIH, NSF, USAID, Fogarty Center), foundations (Andrew W. Mellon) and industry.

Language Skills

Language Proficiency
French

Fields of Expertise

barrier contraception, birth control, ovulation inhibition, postcoital contraception, reproductive sterilization, immunological contraception, sterilization reversal, women's health, sexually-transmitted disease

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