Mathilde Krim

Background

Doctor Mathilde Krim (née Galland) was born in Como, Italy to a Swiss Protestant father and Italian Catholic mother.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Geneva, Switzerland, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, University Geneva, Switzerland, 1953. Doctor of Science (honorary), Long Island University, 1987.

Doctor of Laws (honorary), Columbia University, 1988. Doctor of Science (honorary), Brandeis University, 1989. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Southeastern Massachusetts University, 1990.

Doctor of Science. (honorary), Tulane University, 1990. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), State University of New York, Stonybrook, 1991. Doctor of Science (honorary), Columbia College, 1992.

Doctor of Science (honorary), Dartmouth College, 2005.

Career

Assistant genetic section, department experimental biology, Weizmann Institute Science, Rehovot, Israel, 1953-1954; junior scientist, Weizmann Institute Science, Rehovot, Israel, 1954-1957; research associate, Weizmann Institute Science, Rehovot, Israel, 1957-1959; research assoc.divsn. virus research, Cornell Medical College, New York City, 1959-1962; research associate, Sloan Kettering Institute Cancer Research, New York City, 1962-1968; associate, Sloan Kettering Institute Cancer Research, New York City, 1968-1975; associate member, Sloan Kettering Institute Cancer Research, New York City, 1975-1985; co-head interferon evaluation program, Sloan Kettering Institute Cancer Research, New York City, 1975-1981; head interferon lab, Sloan Kettering Institute Cancer Research, New York City, 1981-1985; associate research scientist department pediatrics, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center and Columbia University, New York City, 1986-1990; adjunct professor public health, Columbia University, New York City, since 1990; founding co-chair, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, American Foundation for Acuired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Research, New York City. Board directors AIDSFILMS, American Committee for Weizmann Institute Science, National biomedical Research Foundation. Trustee Scientists' Institute for Public Information, Feinberg Graduate School Weizmann Institute Science, African-American Institute.

Member of advisory panel on higher education, New York, 1965, President's Committee on Mental Retardation, 1966-1969, jury Albert D. Lasker Research awards 1968-1971, 78-, advisory board Health Professionals for Political Action, 1968-1970, advising committee to Secretary of HEWon Health Proteciton and Disease Prevention, 1969-1970, Council National Endowment for Humanities, 1969-1973, Panel of Cons. on Cancer, Committee Labor and Public Welfare, United States.Senate, 1970-1971, advising committee National Colorectal Cancer Program National Institutes of Health, 1971-1973, working group develo. research segment Virus Cancer Program National Institutes of Health, 1971-1974,review committee "A" Virus Cancer Program National Institutes of Health, 1974-1977, advising committee Institute International Education, since 1974, advising committee Program of Science, Technology, and Human Values National Endowment for Humanities, 1974-1978, United States National Common for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1979-1980, advising committee World Rehabilitation Fund, 1978-1982, Interferon Clinical Advisory Committee Schering-Plough Corporation, 1980-1985, Bristol laboratories Advisory Panel on Biological Response Modifiers, 1981-1984, science advising committee American Foundation Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Research, since 1985, Committee of 100 for National Health Insurance, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome task force American Association Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists, since 1985, research advisory county National Organisation forRare Disorders Inc., since 1985, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Health Education Risk Reduction Consultation, Centers for Disease Control, 1986, task force on Chemotherapeutics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 1986, metropolitan area advising committee Lower Manhattan Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome consortium, since 1986, scientific advisory board National Coalition on Immune System Disorders, since 1986, advising committee The Village Nursing Home, since 1986, section for the study of ethical, legal andsocial issues Human Immunodeficiency Virus Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, since 1987, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Research Center, since 1987, board advisors National Lawyers Guild Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Network, since 1987, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome advisory panel Planned Parenthood Federal American, since 1988, national advising committee National Communtiy Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Partnership, since 1988, advising committee Women and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Resource Network, since 1988. Commissioner President's Common for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research, advisory board LOVE HEALS, since 1989, advisory board International Alliance for Haiti, since 1989, advanced.bd. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome-AUFKLARUNG, Frankfurt, Germany, since 1990, international committee Lottare Informare Formare Educare, Rome, Italy, since 1990, advisory county ColumbiaSch.

Public Health, since 1990, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome advisory panel, Medical Society State of New York, since 1992.

Achievements

• Mathilde Krim has been listed as a noteworthy Medical educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board directors National Medical Association Foundation, 1968-1969, Institute of Society, Ethics, and the Life Sciences (The Hastings Center), 1979-1989. Trustee National Urban League, 1966-1972, The Rockefeller Foundation, 1971-1984, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Medical Foundation 1983-1989, chairperson. Vice chairman Citizens Organized Against Drug Abuse, 1966.

Executive secretary American Com for Assistance to Tunisia, 1968-1969. Director at large American Cancer Society, 1970-1972. Member National Academy of Sciences, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American Association Advancement of Science, Society Biological Therapy, American Society Microbiology, International Society for Interferon Research, American Humanists Association.