Background
Birnbaum, Morris Jay was born on December 16, 1951 in Brooklyn. Son of Harry Aaron and Grace (Ellenbogen) Birnbaum.
researcher cell biology educator
Birnbaum, Morris Jay was born on December 16, 1951 in Brooklyn. Son of Harry Aaron and Grace (Ellenbogen) Birnbaum.
AB, Brown University, 1973. Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, Brown University, 1977. Doctor of Medicine, Brown University, 1978.
Intern in medicine, Barnes Hospital-Washington U., St. Louis, 1978-1979; junior assistant resident in internal medicine, Barnes Hospital-Washington U., St. Louis, 1979-1980; senior assistant resident in internal medicine, Barnes Hospital-Washington U., St. Louis, 1980-1981; assistant in internal medicine, Barnes Hospital-Washington U., St. Louis, 1978-1981; emergency room physician, Tuolomne General Hospital, Sonora, California, 1981-1984; postdoctoral metabolic research fellow, University of California, San Francisco, 1981-1984; research associate in molecular biology, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York City, 1984-1987; assistant professor cellular and molecular physiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1987-1990; associate professor cellular and molecular physiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1990-1993; associate professor cell biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1993-1994; professor of medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, since 1994; associate investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Philadelphia, since 1994. Ad hoc member General Medicine B Study Section, National Institutes of Health, 1992.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Diabetes Association, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, American Physiological Society, American Society for Cell Biology.
Married Barbara Ann Reville, October 19, 1986. Children: Harry Aaron, Julia Adelaide.