Background
Blaese, Robert Michael was born on February 16, 1939 in Minneapolis. Son of Robert Marion and Eva Ruth Blaese.
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Robert Michael Blaese
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Robert Michael Blaese, American Biomedical researcher, physician. Achievements include 8 patents in areas of gene therapy and immunosuppressive drugs; head research team that performed the first authorized use of "gene therapy" for the treatment of a human disease (American Dental Association deficiency); discovery of the role of suppressor T cells in the pathogeneses of immunodeficiency.
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Education
Bachelor of Science, Gustavus Adolphus, 1961; Doctor of Medicine, University of Minnesota, 1964.
Career
Intern internal medicine, Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, 1964-1965;
resident pediatrics, University of Minnesota Hospitals, Minneapolis, 1965-1966;
clinical associate metabolism branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1966-1968;
senior investigator metabolism branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1968-1994;
chief cellular immunology section metabolism branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1973-1994;
deputy chief metabolism branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1985-1994;
chief clinical gene therapy branch, National Center for Human Genome Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, since 1994;
clinical director, National Center for Human Genome Research, National Institutes of Health, since 1994. Member science advisory board Genetic Therapy, Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland., 1985-1988,ARIAD Corporation, since 1993. Consultant on gene therapy Ethics Commission, Government of France, 1991.
United States consultant European Working Group on Gene Therapy, since 1991.
Achievements
Membership
Senior surgeon United States Public Health Service, 1966-1968. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Society for Pediatric Research, American Society for Clinical Investigation, American Association Immunologists, American Federation for Clinical Research, Association American Physicians.
Connections
Married Julianne Eleanor Johnson, june 23, 1962. Children: Elise, Kristianne.
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Nationality
American
Awards
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Recipient Mead Johnson award for research in pediatrics American Academy Pediatrics, 1980, United States Public Health Service Superior Svc. award, 1985, Maxwell Finland award Infectious Disease Society, 1991.Recipient Mead Johnson award for research in pediatrics American Academy Pediatrics, 1980, United States Public Health Service Superior Svc. award, 1985, Maxwell Finland award Infectious Disease Society, 1991.