Clifford J. Tabin, PhD

Clifford J. Tabin, PhD
Professor of Genetics
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
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Board of Directors since 2002 [term expires 2009]
KUMS Development Project Coordinator 2002-2004

Cliff Tabin is Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School and Adjunct Professor of Health Sciences and Technology at MIT. He received his Ph.D. in Biological Sciences at MIT in 1984, and did postdoctoral fellowships at the Department of Biochemistry at Harvard University and the Department of Molecular Biology at Massachusetts General Hospital before joining the faculty at Harvard Medical School in 1989. His research on the genetic basis for embryological development has been widely recognized and he won the Annual Prize in Molecular Biology from the National Academy of Arts and Sciences. In addition, he is the Director of the Embryology and Genetics course to first year Medical Students at Harvard. He has won 7 teaching awards for his class including the 2002 Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching. He is also co-director of the Graduate Program at Harvard Medical School. Since 2000, he has been directing the efforts at Harvard Medical School to assist the establishment of KUMS. Since 2002, he has been a member of the Board of the ANMF, continuing to coordinate efforts on behalf of KUMS under their auspices.