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Paul A. Insel, M.D.
Professor of Pharmacology and Medicine
Director, Medical Scientist Training Program
University of California, San Diego
Dr. Paul A. Insel was born in New York City and grew up in Dayton, Ohio
and near Washington, DC. He attended George Washington University for two
years and then the University of Michigan Medical School, from which he
graduated cum laude, receiving his MD in 1968. After completing his
internship and residency on the Harvard Medical Service at Boston City
Hospital, he entered the United States Public Health Service at the National
Institutes of Health for 4 years, during which time he also worked as an
Attending Physician at Baltimore City Hospitals' Endocrine Unit and as an
Assistant in Medicine at Johns Hopkins University.
In 1974, he began research training at the University of California, San
Francisco's (UCSF) Department of Medicine/Clinical Pharmacology Division and
Cardiovascular Research Institute, serving as an Assistant Professor in
Residence at UCSF before moving in 1978 to the Division of Pharmacology at
the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). He has been Professor of
Medicine and Pharmacology at UCSD since 1987 and since 1989, Director of the
Medical Scientist (MD/PhD) Training Program. Dr. Insel was the Founding
President of the National Organization of MD-PhD Training Directors. He has
also served as Chair of Step 1 of the USMLE, the national licensing
examination for US physicians. He has received a Doc. Hon. Causa from
the University of Paris and been elected as Fellow, American Association for
Advancement of Science and to the American Society for Clinical
Investigation and Association of American Physicians. Dr. Insel has served
on numerous editorial boards, as Associate Editor of several journals and
Editor-in-Chief of Molecular Pharmacology and co-Chief Editor of the
Journal of Clinical Investigation. From 1996-2008, Dr. Insel was
an Associate Editor of the American Journal of Physiology – Cell
Physiology.
Dr. Insel’s research emphasizes signal transduction by G-protein-coupled
receptors and has been supported by grants from the National Science
Foundation, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, National
Institutes of Health, Ellison Medical Foundation and other agencies. He is
the author of over 200 original articles and over 100 reviews and book
chapters.
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