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An internationally recognized leader in the studies of the basic mechanisms of human disease, Dr. Stephen Prescott comes to OMRF from the University of Utah, where he was a professor of internal medicine and held the H.A. & Edna Benning Presidential Endowed Chair, founded the Eccles Program in Human and Molecular Biology and Genetics, and served as the executive director of the Huntsman Cancer Institute. At the Huntsman Cancer Institute, which Dr. Prescott led from 1999 through 2005, he raised $180 million in private contributions and secured more than $100 million in government funding. He expanded the institute with the addition of dozens of new researchers and the construction of the Huntsman Cancer Hospital, a 330,000-square-foot comprehensive cancer treatment facility. Under Dr. Prescott’s leadership, the institute was designated the official cancer center of Utah by the state legislature. A native of Texas, Dr. Prescott received his undergraduate degree at Texas A&M University and his M.D. degree from the Baylor College of Medicine. He has authored more than 250 scientific articles, served as a senior editor of the influential Journal of Biological Chemistry and is on the board of the Journal of Clinical Investigation. He has also served on medical and scientific advisory committees for the National Institutes of Health and the American Heart Association. He is the founder and CEO of LineaGen, a Utah-based nonprofit biotechnology company, and chaired the Utah Governor’s Task Force on Technology Transfer. Among the awards he has received are the Utah Governor’s Medal for Science and Technology, the Sol Sherry Prize from the American Heart Association, and the Houssay-Braun-Menendez Medal from the Argentine Association for the Advancement of Science. Mailing Address
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