Career
Formally stated, Norman"s research is the "mechanism of action of the steroid hormone 1,25(Ohio)2-vitamin D3. Vitamin Doctorate structure-function relationships, actions of the vitamin Doctorate receptor (VDR)." In 1967, Norman"s lab discovered that vitamin Doctorate is converted into a steroid hormone by the body. In 1969 he determined that vitamin Doctorate receptors (VDR) were present in the intestine.
In 1971 the Norman laboratory reported the chemical structure of the steroid hormone to be 1∂,25(Ohio)2Vitamin D3.
In 1972, Norman in collaboration with Doctor Jack Coburn at the University of California, Los Angeles medical school treated the first uremic patients with the steroid hormone, produced in the Norman laboratory. In 2008, Norman and Doctor Cedric Garland of University of California San Diego made the recommendation that the daily intake of vitamin Doctorate for adults be revised to 2000 international units.
Selected Honors and Presidential Chair, Biochemistry Department, UCR 7/1/99 - 2009 American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology American Institute of Nutrition. American Chemical Society Biochemistry Society (England) American Association for the Advancement of Science Endocrine Society American Society for Bone and Mineral Research American Society for Cell Biology American Association for Cancer Research, Incorporated.
Editorial Board, Steroids, 1996–present Editorial Board, Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 1981–present.