Background
Caskey, Charles Thomas was born on September 22, 1938 in Lancaster, South Carolina, United States.
biotechnology executive genetics educator
Caskey, Charles Thomas was born on September 22, 1938 in Lancaster, South Carolina, United States.
Student, University South Carolina, 1958. Doctor of Medicine, Duke University, 1963. Doctor of Science (honorary), University South Carolina, 1993.
Intern, resident department medicine Duke Medical School, 1963-1965. Research associate National Heart & Lung Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, 1965-1967, head section medical genetics, 1970-1971. Senior investigator Laboratory biomedical Genetics National Institutes of Health, 1967-1970.
Chief section medical genetics, professor medicine, professor biochemistry Baylor College Medicine, Houston, since 1971, investigator Howard Hughes Medical Institute, since 1976, director Robert J. Kleberg, Junior Center for Human Genetics, 1980-1994, director medical scientist training program, 1982-1993, professor cell biology, 1982-1994, director and professor molecular genetics Institute Molecular Genetics, 1985-1992, professor molecular genetics Institute Molecular Genetics, 1985-1994, Henry and Emma Meyer chairman molecular genetics, 1987-1994, director Human Genome Center, 1991-1994, chairman department molecular and human genetics, 1994-1995. Senior vice president research Merck Research Laboratories, 1995-1999. Adjunct professor Baylor College Medicine, Houston, since 1995.
President, Chief Executive Officer Cogene BioTech Ventures, since 2000. Distinguished professor, institute molecular medicine University Texas Health Sciences Center. Josiah Macy, Junior faculty scholar Medical Research Council Cambridge (England) University, 1979-1980.
Director North Atlantic Treaty Organization Applied Science International on Somatic Cell Genetics, 1980-1981, North Atlantic Treaty Organization/European Molecular Biology Organization/Federation of European Biochemical Societies Spetsai European Molecular Biology Course, 1983, 87. Bernard Sachs lecturer Child Neurology Society, 1993. Roy E. Moon distinguished lecturer science Angelo State University, 1994.
Samuel Rudin distinguished visiting professor Columbia University, New York City, 1994. Member biochemistry test committee National Board Medical Examiners, 1977-1981, chairman biochemistry test committee, 1981-1984, member coordinator committee for FLEX, 1984-1986, member-at-large, 1984-1988. Chairman science advisory board Xytronyx Inc., 1984-1990.
Academy associate Nichols Institute, 1987-1992. Liason member program advisory committee on human genome National Institutes of Health, 1989-1992. Chair advisory panel forensic uses DNA tests United States Congress Office Technology Assessment, 1989-1990.
Member mapping the human genome advisory committee United States Department Energy, 1986-1989. Member advisory panel mapping the human genome United States Congress Office Technology Assessment, 1987-1988. Member human genome coordinator committee Department Energy, 1989-1994, governor's board Texas Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine, 2004.
Trustee, president Merck Genome Research Institute, Inc., since 1996. President Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas. Chairman board Lexicon Genetics Inc., Odessey Thera Corporation.
Board directors, Kodiak Technologies, EnVivo Pharmaceuticals, Athersys Corporation.
Member Human Genome Organization, since 1988, president, since 1993. Member task force on genetics Muscular Dystrophy Association, 1989-1994. With United States Public Health Service, 1965-1967.
Fellow American Medical Association (founding), American Association for the Advancement of Science (science innovation program committee 1991-1993), American College Physicians, American Academy Microbiology, Royal Society Medicine Foundation. Member National Academy of Sciences, American Federation Clinical Research, American Society Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, American Society Clinical Investigation, American Society Human Genetics, American Society Cell Biology, American College Medical Genetics, Association American Physicians, Federation American Societies for Experimental Biology, New York Academy of Sciences, Southern Society Clinical Investigation, Society Inherited Metabolic Disorders, Institute Medicine National Academy of Sciences, Royal Society Medicine, Baylor Medical Alumni Association (distinguished faculty member 1993), Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Peggy Ann Pearce, 1960. Children: Clifton, Caroline.