CIS Department Talk - April 12, 2007
The Department of Computer and Information Science & The Society of
Computer Science Present
| Speaker: | Dr. Bruce Kristal, Burke Medical Research Institute
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| Topic: | Informatics Approach to Biomarkers for Diet
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| Date: | April 12, 2007 at 10:00am - 11:00am |
| Place: | John Mulcahy Hall, Room 138 |
Bio:
Bruce Kristal received his B.S. in Life Sciences from the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology in 1986 and his Ph.D. from Harvard University Graduate School of
Arts and Sciences, Division of Medical Sciences, Committee on Virology in 1991.
After being a post-doctoral fellow, instructor, and research assistant professor
at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (1991-1996), he
joined the Dementia Research Service of Burke Medical Research Institute in 1996
and subsequently the Department of Biochemistry (1997) and Neuroscience (1998)
at Weill Medical College of Cornell University as an Assistant Professor
(Associate Professor in 2004).
Dr. Kristal's research has been recognized by grant/meeting awards from the
National Institutes of Health, American Federation for Aging Research, Will Rogers
Society, Oxygen Society, American Institute for Cancer Research, Gordon Research
Conference, and the Hereditary Disease Foundation. Dr, Kristal is the first
secretary and a member of the Board of Directors of the Newly formed Metabolomics
Society. He is a Contributing Editor for Science's Science of Aging Knowledge
Environment. He serves as an ad hoc reviewer for NIH and other granting agencies.
For more information, contact:
Ms. Diane Roche (718) 817-4480; (roche@cis.fordham.edu)
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