Background
Abdel-Latif, Ata Abdel-Hafez was born on January 22, 1933 in Ramallah, Palestine. Came to the United States, 1951, naturalized, 1963.
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Ata Abdel-Hafez Abdel-Latif
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Ata Abdel-Hafez Abdel-Latif, Palestinian biochemistry and molecular biology professor. fellow National Institutes of Health, 1959-1963; grantee National Institutes of Health, 1965-2004; recipient Award for Outstanding Contribution to Vision Research Alcon Research Institute, 1990, Merit award National Institutes of Health, 1989.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Biology and Chemistry, DePaul University, Chicago, 1955. Master of Science in Chemistry, DePaul University, Chicago, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry, Mount Sinai Medical Research Foundation, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1963.
Postgraduate in Neurochemistry, U.Ill. College Medicine, 1965.
Career
Research Foundation, Illinois Institute Technology, 1963. Postgraduate in Neurochemistry, University of Illinois College Medicine, 1963-1965. Research associate department psychiatry University of Illinois, 1963-1967.
Medical researchscientist V, State Mental Health, State of Illinois, 1963-1967.
Associate professor biochemistry and molecular biology Medical College Georgia, Augusta, 1967-1974, professor, 1974-1987, Regents" professor, 1987. Visiting professor U. Nottingham, 1975-1976.
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Membership
Member American Society Biological Chemists, American Physiological Society, American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, American Society Neurochemistry, Internat.Soc. Neurochemistry, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, International Society for Eye Research, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Association Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.
Connections
Married Iris K. Graham, September 10, 1957. Children: Rhonda, David, Joseph, Rhadi.
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Fellow National Institutes of Health, 1959-1963. Grantee National Institutes of Health, 1965-2004. Recipient Award for Outstanding Contribution to Vision Research Alcon Research Institute, 1990, Merit award National Institutes of Health, 1989.Fellow National Institutes of Health, 1959-1963. Grantee National Institutes of Health, 1965-2004. Recipient Award for Outstanding Contribution to Vision Research Alcon Research Institute, 1990, Merit award National Institutes of Health, 1989.