Background
Czeisler, Charles Andrew was born on November 7, 1952 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Tibor and Wanda Victoria (Murzyn) Czeisler.
Czeisler, Charles Andrew was born on November 7, 1952 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Tibor and Wanda Victoria (Murzyn) Czeisler.
Bachelor of Arts in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology magna cum laude, Harvard College, 1974; Doctor of Philosophy in Neuro- and Biobehavioral Sciences, Stanford University, 1978; Doctor of Medicine, Stanford University, 1981.
Research associate in neurology, Montefiore Hospital, Bronx, New York, 1976-1978;
lecturer undergraduate studies, Stanford (California) U., 1979;
research fellow Medical Scientist Training Program, Stanford (California) U., 1974-1975;
senior research fellow Center Health Policy and Management, Harvard University, Boston, 1981-1983;
research associate in physiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1979-1980;
research associate in medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1982-1983;
assistant professor medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1983-1987;
associate professor medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, since 1987;
associate physician, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, since 1982. Adjunct instructor biological science Fordham University, Bronx, New York, 1978. Elliot David Weitzman lecturer Cornell Medical College, 1988.
Director Center for Design Indsl.Schedules, Boston, since 1981. Chairman science advising committee Light Sciences, Inc., Braintree, Massachusetts, since 1991, committee external review Sleep Research Center and Clinic, Stanford, since 1991. Chairman Council on Circadian Rhythms, National Sleep Disorders Foundation, since 1990.
Member of advisory panel on preflight circadian shifting of Shuttle flight crews Space and Life Sciences Directorate, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1990-1991. Member external advising committee University Virginia National Science and Technology Center, National Science Foundation, since 1991. Active graduate medical education committee Brigham and Women's Hospital, since 1989.
Fellow American Society Clinical Investigation, American Sleep Disorders Association, Academy.Behavioral Medicine Research. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science (co-chairman symposium 1981, speaker 1986, 89), American Physiological Society, Association Professional Sleep Socs., International Society Chronobiology, Sleep Research Society (chairman, co-chairman satellite symposia, biological rhythm research nomenclature committee 1980), Society for Neurosci. (symposium speaker 1986), Society Research Biological Rhythms.
