Background
Snapper, James Robert was born on May 23, 1948 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Ernst and Ethel Snapper.
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James Robert Snapper
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AB, Princeton University, 1970; Bachelor of Medicine, Dartmouth U., 1972; Division of Medical Sciences, Harvard University, 1974.
Career
Intern, resident, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1974-1976;
research pulmonary fellow, Harvard School Public Health, 1976-1979;
pulmonary fellow, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1976-1979;
resident, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1978-1979;
assistant professor, Vanderbilt University School Medicine, Nashville, 1979-1982;
associate professor, Vanderbilt University School Medicine, Nashville, 1983-1991;
professor Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, since 1991;
senior investigator, Center Lung Research, since 1986. Chairman Tennessee Coalition on Smoking or Health, 1986-1989. Board directors Tennessee Coalition on School Health, since 1987, Executive Committee member since 1987.
Board directors Tennessee Coalition on Minority Health, since 1988. Member editorial board Journal Applied Physiology, 1986-1991, Respiration, since 1986, Pulmonary Pharmacology, since 1987, American Review Respiratory Diseases, since 1987, Journal Clinical Investigation.
Achievements
Membership
Regional board directors American Lung Association Tennessee, 1981-1991, state board directors, 1985-1991, vice president middle Tennessee chapter, 1987-1990. Board directors American Heart Association, 1986-1987, member research allocations and peer review committees, 1986-1988. Fellow American College Physicians, American College Chest Physicians.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Southern Society for Clinical Investigation, American Physiological Society (symposium lecturer 1982), American Federation for Clinical Research, American Thoracic Society (symposium lectr.1982-1988, chairman program committee science assembly on structure and function since 1989, chairman ATS science conference committee since 1991), American School Health Association, AlphaOmega Alpha.
Connections
Married Joyce Tenney, June 24, 1972. Children: Emily Katherine, Hannah Sophia.
