Background
Horvitz, Howard Robert was born on May 8, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Oscar and Mary Horvitz.
Horvitz, Howard Robert was born on May 8, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Oscar and Mary Horvitz.
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1968. Master of Arts in Biology, Harvard University, 1972. Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, Harvard University, 1974.
Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Rome, 2004.
Postdoctoral fellow, Medical Research Council Laboratory Molecular Biology, Cambridge, England
assistant to associate professor biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1978-1986;
professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, since 1986;
career development associate professor biology, Whitehead Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1982-1985;
member science advisory board Howard Hughes program in neuroscience, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1984-1988;
investigator Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, since 1988. Neurobiologist (neurology), geneticist (medicine) Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, since 1989. Advisor department biochemistry and molecular biology Harvard University, 1984-1990.
Member neurobiology advisory board Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, since 1984. Member science advisory board Hereditary Disease Foundation, 1987-1993, collaborative research group advising committee, 1988-1993, cure HD initiative advising committee, since 1996. Member science advisory board, Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research, 1989-1997.
Science advisory board Committee on Scholarly Comm. with People's Republican of China, United States NAS, 1987-1993, Ain-Shams Medical Genetics Center Cairo, 1990-1991. Co-organizer Gordon Conference on Development Biology, 1985. Organizer biennial meeting Cold Spring Harbor International Conference, 1985, committees, 1981, 87.
Member organizing committee biennial meeting Eastern Coast C. Elegans, Cambridge, 1988, 90. Member science review committee Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association, 1990-1995, co-chair meetings 1991, 93. Lecturer Harvey Society, 1989.
Macrofil steering committee special programme for esch and training in tropical diseases, World Health Organization, 1992-1995. Advisory board Umea (Sweden) Center Molecular Pathogenesis, 1993-1996. Co-chair working group on preclinical models for cancer National.Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, since 1996.
Member of advisory county National Center for Human GenomeRsch., National Institutes of Health, since 1996. Member science advisory group Sanger Center, Cambridgeshire, England, since 1994. Chair development biology review committee Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research, 1996.
Member science advisory board Umea (Sweden) Center Molecular Pathogenesis, 1993-1996. External review board department molecular, cellular and development biology U. Colorado, Boulder, 1996. Member science advisory group University of Pennsylvania Medical Center Institute Aging, since 1995.
Member of advisory board World Health Organisation Special Programme for Research and Training inTropical Diseases, Microfil steering committee, 1992-1995. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Academy Microbiology, American Academy Microbilogy. Member American Association Cancer Research, United States National Academy Sciences, Genetics Society American (membership committee 1984-1986, board directors 1990-1992, 94-96,organizer annual meeting 1989, vice president 1994, president 1995), Society Development Biology (nominations committee 1989), Society Nematologists, Society Neurosci.
(public information committee 1993-1995), American Society Cell Biology (organizing committee annual meeting 1992, public policy committee 1993-1996, joint steering committee public policy1994-1997, Executive Committee since 1995), American Society Microbiology, Helminthological Society Washington.
Married Martha Constantine-Paton, May 2, 1993. 1 child, Alexandra Constantine.
