Jack Dixon (scientist)
Jack Dixon is a distinguished professor at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, working in pharmacology, cellular and molecular medicine, and chemistry and biochemistry. Born in 1943, he earned his PhD from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1971 and studied at UCLA and UC San Diego.
Dixon began his career at Purdue University in 1973 as the Wiley Professor of Biochemistry. He later led the department of biological chemistry at the University of Michigan as chair and held the title of Minor J. Coon Professor. In 2003 he moved to UC San Diego as dean for scientific affairs and a pharmacology professor. He then served as vice president and chief scientific officer at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute from 2007 to 2013. He returned to UCSD full time in July 2013.
He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2000. He has received major awards from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, including the William Rose Award and the Merck Award. He is a member of the American Philosophical Society and a foreign member of the Royal Society, and he serves on the Institute of Medicine.
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