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1969 alumnus named dean of UT Southwestern
Alfred Gilman ’69, Ph.D. ’69
1994 Nobel laureate Alfred Gilman ’69, Ph.D. ’69, was named dean of the UT Southwestern Medical School in Dallas on June 2, effective immediately. He had been serving as interim dean of the institution since May 2004. Dr. Gilman’s association with UT Southwestern began in 1981, when he joined the faculty as chair of pharmacology, a post he will relinquish when a search committee identifies a successor. He will continue to lead the Alliance for Cellular Signaling, a multimillion dollar interdisciplinary research effort he established in 2000. The program involves investigators at five academic centers and is aimed at advancing the understanding of cell communication networks. The alliance has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, five pharmaceutical companies and two foundations. Dr. Gilman also will continue oversight of the Cecil H. and Ida Green Comprehensive Center for Molecular, Computational and Systems Biology. He holds the Nadine and Tom Craddick Distinguished Chair in Medical Science; the Raymond Willie and Ellen Willie Distinguished Chair in Molecular Neuropharmacology, in Honor of Harold B. Crasilneck, Ph.D.; and the Atticus James Gill, M.D., Chair in Medical Science. |
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