Background
Ehrlich, Garth David was born on July 9, 1956 in Plattsburgh, New York, United States. Son of Robert Elias and Evelyn Gertrude (Talvitie) Ehrlich.
Ehrlich, Garth David was born on July 9, 1956 in Plattsburgh, New York, United States. Son of Robert Elias and Evelyn Gertrude (Talvitie) Ehrlich.
Bachelor, Alfred University, 1977. Doctor of Philosophy, Syracuse University, 1987.
Research microbiologist Bethesda Research Laboratories, Maryland, 1980-1981. Research specialist Syracuse University, New York, 1981-1983. Research scientist C industrial division Bristol Meyers, 1981-1983, research scientist B, 1983-1984.
Technical specialist I State University of New York Health Science Center, Syracuse, New York, 1984-1986, research instructor, 1988-1989, research assistant professor, 1989-1990. Technical specialist II State University of New York Research Foundation, 1986-1988. Assistant to associate professor, director polymerase chain reaction facility University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1990-1997.
Chief microbiology, virology and infectious diseases section molecular diogostics division University Pittsburgh Medical Center, associate professor, 1995-1997. Visiting professor Cleveland Clinical, 1992. Founder, executive director Center Genomic Science Allegheny Singer Research Institute, since 1997, governmental and regional affairs liason officer, since 2001.
Professor microbiology, immunology Drexel College Medicine, since 1997, professor, vice-Chairman, department human genetics, since 1998, professor, director research department otolaryngology, since 1997. Consultant Teltech, Inc., since 1990, Kodak, Rochester, New York, 1991-1995, Oncogenetics, Phoenix, 1993-1995. Visible Genetics, 1997-1999, CL Science, 1997-1999, Quest Diagnostics, 1998-1999, Isis-Ibis, since 2006.
Invited participant National Cancer Institute Symposia, 1989, NMMS Symposia, 1989, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases Symposia, 1991, NIDCA Council, 1995, NILC Symposiun, 2000. Adjunct member Central Blood Bank Pittsburgh, since 1992. Lecturer Heritage Foundation Cross Cancer Center, Edmonton, Canada.
Feinstein lecturer Alfred University, 1995. Invited participant International Chromosome 10 Workshop, Crete, Greece. Invited guest speaker Mexican Infection Disease Society Annual Meeting, 1995.
Executive director Center for Genomic Science, Allegheny Singer Research Institute, since 1997. Professor microbiology, immunology, otolaryngology and human genetics Drexel University College of Medical, vice-chairman department human genetics, since 1998. Honorary professor medical genetics West China University of Medical Science, Chengdu, Sichuan, since 1999.
Over 100 invited speaking engagements including World Congress of Pediatrics Infectious Disease, Acapulco, Mexico, 1996, Bicor Conference on Antiinfective Agents, Leipzig, Germany, 1996, Case Western Reserve University, 1997, Bacterial Genome Conference, 2005, University of Southern California Biofilms Symposia, 2005, Functional Genotics of Infectious Diseases, Giessen, Germany, 2006, Biofilms in Orthopedics, Naples, Italy, 2006. La Spienza, University Rome, Italy, 2006, Weill Medical College, Cornelll University, 2007, others. Lecturer Kaiyuon Bioengring., Xian, China, 1997, Chinese University Hong Kong, 1999.
Honorary lecturer West China University Medical Science, 1999. Visiting professor Shantou University Medical College, China, 2001. Guest professor Shantou University, 2003.
Member advisory committee Medical Biofilms, Tokyo, 2002, Extraordinary Meeting on Otitis Media, Amsterdam, 2005, MaxPlancx Institute Marine Biology, Bremen, Germany, 2005, National Institute Microbiology, Chineses Academy of Sciences, China, 2005. Organizer symposia in field, 1995-1997, 2000, 2003, American Society for Microbiology Divisn. Symposium Convention, 2006.
Member numerous National Institutes of Health grant review committees. Board directors Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative, since 2005. Panel member Stryker (Infectious Diseases), 2007, Medtronics Biolfim, 2007.
Member gifted education advisory board Syracuse City School District, 1989-1990. Lecturer on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome to secondary school children, science to elementary school children, since 1989. Member Society for Leukocyte Biology, Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Association Medical Laboratory Immunologists, Academy Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists, American Society for Microbiology, Association Molecular Pathology (co-chair infectious diseases section), Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Susan Francis Zaccagnino, July 20, 1980. Children: Ian Singapore, Nathan E.G.
