Background
Vyas, Girish Narmadashankar was born on June 11, 1933 in Aglod, India. Arrived in the United States, 1965, naturalized, 1973. Son of Narmadashankar P. and Rukshmani A. (Joshi) Vyas.
Vyas, Girish Narmadashankar was born on June 11, 1933 in Aglod, India. Arrived in the United States, 1965, naturalized, 1973. Son of Narmadashankar P. and Rukshmani A. (Joshi) Vyas.
Bachelor of Science, University Bombay, 1954. Master of Science, University Bombay, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, University Bombay, 1964.
Postdoctoral fellow Western Reserve University, 1965-1966. Member faculty University California, San Francisco, since 1967, chief blood bank, 1969-1988, professor laboratory medicine, since 1977. Director transfusion research program, since 1985.
Member committee immunoglobulin allotypes World Health Organization, 1974—1976, consultant Southeast Asia, 1980, member experts committee on biological standardization, since 2006. Member science program committee American Association Blood Banks, 1971—1976. Member task force blood processing National Heart and Lung Institute, 1972—1973.
Member committee viral hepatitis National Research Council, 1974—1976. Member United States delegate immunologists to Romania and Hungary, 1980. Consultant on medical research VA, 1985, United Nations Development Program, India, 1986, others.
Member committee on blood and blood products Food and Drug Administration, 1987—1992. Chairman Transmed Biotech Inc., South San Francisco, 1989—1994, chairman IABS Blood Committee, 2003—2006. Consultant in field.
(Book by Vyas, Girish, Dienstag, Jules L.)
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Hematology (chairman committee on transfusion medicine 1989-1990), American Association Immunologists, International Association Biologics (board directors since 2006, editor-in-chief Biologicals since 2006).
Married Devi Ratilal Trivedi, April 3, 1962. Children: Jay, Shrikrishna.