Background
Notkins, Abner Louis was born on May 8, 1932 in New Haven. Son of Louis Adolph and Sair Rosalyn (Mathog) Notkins.
Notkins, Abner Louis was born on May 8, 1932 in New Haven. Son of Louis Adolph and Sair Rosalyn (Mathog) Notkins.
Bachelor, Yale University, 1953. Doctor of Medicine, New York University, 1985. Doctor (honorary), University Athens, Greece, 2007.
Intern, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1959; assistant resident, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1960; research associate, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1960-1961; principal investigator, National Institute Dental Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1961-1967; section chief, microbiology laboratory, National Institute Dental Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1967-1973; chief, oral medicine laboratory, National Institute Dental Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., since 1973; director, intramural research program, National Institute Dental Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., since 1985. Consultant National Commision on Diabetes, 1975, Virology Task Force, 1976, National Diabetes Research Interchange, since 1981, Wistar Institute Persistent Virus Program, since 1983, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1983. Lecturer various university and organizations.
Served to medical director Public Health Services, 1960—1985. Founding committee National Disease Research Interchange, since 1980. Medical science advisory board Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, 1980—1980.
Board member Wistar Institute Persistent Virus Program, 1983—1987. Founder Annual National Institutes of Health Research Festival, since 1986, National Institutes of Health Alumni Association, since 1986. Member National Research Programs Advisory Committee, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 1987—1993, chairman, 1991—1993.
Board director Paul Ehrlich Foundation, since 1987. Science advisory council March of Dimes, since 1991. Board governor New York University School Medicine Alumni Association, 1993.
Fellow: American Association for Advancement of Science. Member: Association American Physicians, Assembly of Scientists, National Institutes of Health (executive committee since 2005), Association University Pathologists (Pluto Society), Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Susan Woodward, August 9, 1969.