Background
Knapp, Howard Raymond was born on October 5, 1949 in Red Bank, New Jersey, United States. Son of Howard Raymond and Jane Marie (Ray) Knapp.
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Howard Raymond Knapp
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Howard Raymond Knapp, American Internist, clinical pharmacologist. Achievements include first demonstration that calcium ionophores stimulate eicosanoid synthesis; first evidence that N-3 fatty acids reduce platelet activation and blood pressure in patients; first demonstration of the effects of 5-lipoxygenase inhibition in humans. Grantee National Institutes of Health, American Heart Association, others.
Education
Bachelor of Arts in Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, 1971; Doctor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, 1977; Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, 1984.
Career
Assistant professor medicine and pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1984-1989;
associate professor, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1990;
associate professor internal medicine and pharmacology, U. Iowa, Iowa city, 1990-1997;
professor internal medicine and pharmacology, U. Iowa, Iowa city, since 1997;
associate director National Institutes of Health Clinical Research Center, U. Iowa, Iowa city. Member National Institutes of Health Nutrition Study Section, Bethesda, Maryland., 1994-1996. Consultant pharmaceutical firms, grant organizations and governmental entities.
Member applied pharmacology taskforce National Board Medical Examiners, since 1997.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American College of Physicians, American Heart Association (vascular biological research review committee 1993-1995, arteriosclerosis county). Member Control Society for Clinical Research (chair clin.pharmacol. section 1992-1995), American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics.
Connections
Married Brenda Louise Carr, 1984. 1 child, Matthew.
