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Alexander-Bridges, Maria Carmalita was born on June 12, 1952 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Archie and Gladys Maria (Boykin) Alexander-Bridges.
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Maria Carmalita Alexander-Bridges, American Medical researcher. Achievements include cloning of insulin-sensitive transcription factor. Recipient Kaiser/NMF Merit fellowship Kaiser Foundation, 1980, Eli Lilly award, 1989; named Research Association, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 1983-1985, Assistant investigator, since 1985.
Education
Bachelor magna cum laude, Mount Holyoke College, 1973; Doctor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 1980; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard Medical School, 1982.
Career
Intern, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1980-1981; resident in internal medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1981-1982; research fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1982-1984; instructor in medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1984-1987; assistant professor medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1987-1992; associate professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, since 1992. Consultant Lilly Research laboratories, Indianapolis, since 1989.
Achievements
Membership
Co-chair Hinton-Wright Society, Boston, since 1990. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Diabetes Association, International Diabetes Federation Congress, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International, Endocrine Society.
Connections
Married Kenneth Roland Bridges, August 9, 1975. 1 child, Camille Maria.
