Background
Trelstad, Robert Laurence was born on June 16, 1940 in Redding, California, United States. Son of Bertram Laurence and Dorothy (Axt) Trelstad.
pathology educator cell biologist
Trelstad, Robert Laurence was born on June 16, 1940 in Redding, California, United States. Son of Bertram Laurence and Dorothy (Axt) Trelstad.
Bachelor, Columbia University, 1961. Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1966.
From assistant to associate professor Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1972-1981. Chief pathology Shriners Burns Institute, 1975-1981. Staff pathologist Massachusetts General Hospital, 1972-1981.
Professor, chair pathology Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1981-1998. Acting director Child Health Institute of New Jersey, 1998—2005, Paz chair development biology, since 1999. Member study section National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1971-1975, 86-90.
Member advisory council National Institute Child Health and Human Development, 1993-1997. Chairman health professions advisory committee Princeton University, since 2002. Lieutenant Commander United States Public Health Service, 1967-1969.
Lieutenant commander United States Public Health Service, 1967-1969. Member American Society Cell Biology (secretary 1982-1988), Society Development Biology (pres.1983).
Married Barbara Stanton Henken, August 27, 1961. Children: Derek, Graham, Brian, Jeremy.