Bernard Leo Mirkin

Background

Mirkin, Bernard Leo was born on March 31, 1928 in Bronx, New York, United States. Son of Max and Esther Mirkin.

Education

AB, New York University, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1953; Doctor of Medicine, University of Minnesota, 1964.

Career

Assistant professor pharmacology, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, 1954-1960; Ford Foundation postdoctoral fellow, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1960-1961; United States Public Health Service post-doctoral fellow, Yale University, 1961-1962; resident in pediatrics, University of Minnesota Hospital, Minneapolis, 1964-1966; assistant professor, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, 1966-1967; associate professor, University of Minnesota Medical School, 1967-1972; professor pediatrics and pharmacology, director division clinical pharmacology, University of Minnesota Health Science Center, 1972-1989; professor pediatrics and molecular pharmacology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, since 1989; head, director research, Children's Memorial Institute for Edition and Research, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, since 1989; associate dean Research, Northwestern University Medical School, since 1994. Consultant National Institutes of Health, Office of Technology Assessment, United States Congress, World Health Organization, United States Pharmacopeia, PhARMA Foundation, National Institute Health. Visiting fellow Jesus College, University of Oxford, 1974.

Achievements

• Bernard Leo Mirkin has been listed as a noteworthy Clinical pharmacologist, pediatrician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with Medical Corps United States Army, 1954-1956. Member American Federation Clinical Research, Society Pediatric Research, American Association CancerRsch., American Pediatrics Society, American Society Pharmaceutical Experimental Therapeutics.

Connections

Married Phyllis Korduner, August 1954 (deceased 1982). Children: Lisa Mia, Mara Rebecca. Married Sarah Solotaroff, 1986.

Stepchildren: Jennifer, Rachel, Jacob.

Father:

Max Mirkin

Mother:

Esther Mirkin

Spouse:

Sarah Solotaroff

Spouse:

Phyllis Korduner

child:

Lisa Mia Mirkin

child:

Rachel Mirkin

child:

Mara Rebecca Mirkin

child:

Jennifer Mirkin

child:

Jacob Mirkin