Education
He was educated at Pomona College, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1964. He then attended Harvard Medical School, graduating cum laude in 1968. He then interned at Massachusetts General Hospital and began his career as a physician.
biochemist university professor
He was educated at Pomona College, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1964. He then attended Harvard Medical School, graduating cum laude in 1968. He then interned at Massachusetts General Hospital and began his career as a physician.
He is Sterling Professor of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology and a Professor of Cell Biology and Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry at Yale University. Following his internship, Pollard became a Staff Associate at the National Heart and Lung Institute. Soon after, he returned to Harvard, becoming an Assistant Professor of Anatomy in 1972, and advancing to Associate Professor in 1975.
In 1977, Pollard was named Professor and Chairman of the Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where his laboratory discovered and characterized several important cellular proteins.
In 1996, he left Hopkins to become the President of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in Louisiana Jolla, California, where he also maintained a highly productive research unit in the Structural Biology Laboratory. Additionally, Pollard served as an Adjunct Professor of Biology, of Bioengineering, and of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of California, San Diego.
In 2001, Pollard began moving his laboratory to Yale, where he is currently the Sterling Professor and Chair of the Department of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology and Professor of Cell Biology and Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry. Pollard has been very active in promoting scientific education and research primarily through two major societies, both of which he served as a past President: the American Society for Cell Biology and the Biophysical Society.
Pollard is a Fellow of the: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1990) National Academy of Sciences of the United States (1992) American Association for the Advancement of Science (1993) American Academy of Microbiology (1997) Biophysical Society (1999) Institute of Medicine (1999) Pollard is a recipient of the: Rosenstiel Award, Brandeis University (jointly with James Spudich in 1996) Public Service Award, Biophysical Society (1997) East.B. Wilson Medal, American Society for Cell Biology (2004) Gairdner International Award in Biomedical Sciences (2006).
Along with co-authors William C. Earnshaw, Doctor of Philosophy, FRSE. Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, Doctor of Philosophy. And illustrator Graham Johnson, Pollard is the primary author of the textbook Cell Biology now in its second edition published by Saunders (2007).
Numerous publications, teaching and public service awards, scientists mentored, and editorial boards served-on exemplify Pollard"s tremendous contributions to the fields of education and cell biology. Thomas Pollard is married to Patricia Snowden and they have two children. at New York University.
National Academy of Sciences.