Background
Yamada, Kenneth Manao was born on September 18, 1944 in Minneapolis. Son of Paul Manao and Masaye Yamada.
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Kenneth Manao Yamada
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Bachelor in Biological Sciences, Stanford University, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy in Biological Sciences, Stanford University, 1971; Doctor of Medicine, Stanford University, 1972.
Career
Intern, Mary's Help Hospital/Seton Medical Center, Daly City, California, 1972-1973;
commissioned Lieutenant, United States Public Health Service, 1974;
advanced through grades to captain, United States Public Health Service, since 1982;
section chief, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland., 1980-1990;
laboratory chief, National Institute Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1990-1996;
branch chief, National Institute Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., since 1996. Member National Institutes of Health Cell Biology Study Section, 1979-1983. Member external advising committee Howard U. Cancer Research Center, 1979-1988.
Co-chairman Gordon Conference on Fibronectin, 1982. Stadtler lecturer University Texas Sys. Cancer Center, M.D. Anderson Hospital, 1988.
Swerling lecturer Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, 1988.
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Membership
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Society Cell Biology (county member 1992-1995), American Society Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, International Society Matrix Biology (county member since 1994), Southeastern Cancer Research Association (board directors 1980-1983), Society Development Biology, Phi Beta Kappa (Undergraduate Research award), Sigma Xi.
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Married Susan Jane Sleeper, July 1, 1973.
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