Background
Tilghman, Shirley Marie was born on September 17, 1946 in Toronto, Canada.
academic administrator biology professor
Tilghman, Shirley Marie was born on September 17, 1946 in Toronto, Canada.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry with honors, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, 1975. Doctor of Science (honorary), Mount Sinai College Medicine of City College New York, 1994.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, 2002. Doctor of Science (honorary), Oxford University, 2002. Doctor of Science (honorary), Westminster Choir College Rider University, 2002.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Bard College, 2002. Doctor of Science (honorary), Dickinson College, 2002. Doctor of Science (honorary), Yale University, 2002.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Queen's University, 2002. Doctor of Science (honorary), Simon Fraser University, 2002. Doctor of Science (honorary), University British Columbia, 2002.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University Western Ontario, 2003. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Toronto, 2003. Doctor of Science (honorary), Drew University, 2004.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Harvard University, 2004. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Medicine & Dentistry New Jersey, 2005. Doctor of Science (honorary), New York University, 2005.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Columbia University, 2005. Doctor of Science (honorary), Rutgers University, 2006. Doctor of Science (honorary), Rockefeller University, 2006.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Washington University, 2007. Doctor of Science (honorary), Mills College, 2007. Doctor of Science (honorary), Member University Newfoundland, 2007.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Ryerson University, 2007. Doctor of Science (honorary), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Amherst College, University Maryland, Baltimore, 2008. Postgraduate, National Institutes of Health.
Secondary school teacher, West Africa, Sierra Leone, 1968—1970. Fogarty international fellow National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1975—1977. Member Institute Cancer Research, Philadelphia, 1979—1986.
Investigator Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, 1988—2001. Assistant professor, Fels Research Institute Temple University, Philadelphia, 1978—1979. Professor molecular biology Princeton University, New Jersey, since 1986, Howard A. Prior professor life science, 1986—2001, chair Council of Scientific and Technology, 1993—2000, president, since 2001.
Founding director Lewis-Sigler Institute Integrative Genomics, 1998—2003. Adjunct associate professor human genetics and biochemistry and biophysics University Pennsylvania, 1980—1986. Adjunct professor Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 1988—2001.
Member science advisory board Whitehead Institute for biomedical Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995—2001. Founding member National Advisory Council Human Genome Project Research National Institutes of Health, 1991—1996, advisory council director, 1997—2001. Member American Society Cell Biology, Society Development Biology, American Society Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Commission Life Sciences, National Research Council, 1993—2001, American Academy Arts Sciences, 1990, Institute Medicine, 1995, Foreign Associate, United States National Academy of Sciences, 1996, American Philosophical Society, 2000.
Fellow Royal Society London, 1995. Editorial board member Genes & Development, 1990—2001, Journal Cell Biology, 1988—1991, Molecular & Cellular Biology, 1985—1994, editor. Executive editor Nucleic Acids Research, 1983—1991, board member.
Chair National Academy Committee, Intellectual property Genomic & Protein Research & Innovation, 2004—2005. Science advisory board Center Advanced Biotechnology & Medicine, Rutgers University, 1993—2001. Board member of science advisors Roche Institute Molecular Biology, 1988—1994.
Science advisory board Oak Ridge National Laboratories, 1987—1991. Chair, member Molecular Biology Study Secretary, National Institutes of Health, 1983—1987, Visiting Committee Cell & Development Biology, Harvard College, 1990—1995. Member University Council Biological Sciences, Yale College, 1990—1994.
Board trustees Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1990—1996.
Trustee The Jackson Laboratory, since 1994, Carnegie Endowment International Peace, since 2005, Google Inc., 2005, Rockefeller University, 1999—2001, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Member Pew Charitable Trusts Scholars Progressive, Biomedical Sciences Selection Committee, Lucille P. Markey Charitable Trust Scholar Selection Committee. Trustee King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, since 2008.
Member of National Academy of Sciences, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Royal Society London, Institute Medicine, American Philosophical Society.
2 children.