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* {{cite web |last1=Ignjatovic |first1=Vera |title=Q&A with Gil Omenn |url=https://hupo.org/HUPOST/7141704 |website=Human Proteome Organization |publisher=University of Melbourne, Australia|date=1 Feb 2019}}
* {{cite web |last1=Ignjatovic |first1=Vera |title=Q&A with Gil Omenn |url=https://hupo.org/HUPOST/7141704 |website=Human Proteome Organization |publisher=University of Melbourne, Australia|date=1 Feb 2019}}
* {{cite book |last1=Omenn |first1=Gilbert S. |chapter=Physician-Scientist: Linking Science, Medicine, and Public Policy |editor-first=David A. |editor-last= Schwartz |title=Medicine Science and Dreams: The Making of Physician-Scientists |date=2011 |publisher=Springer Netherlands |isbn=978-90-481-9538-1 |pages=269–287 |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9538-1_18 |language=en |chapter=Physician-Scientist: Linking Science, Medicine, and Public Policy}}


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Gilbert S. Omenn
Alma materPrinceton University, Harvard Medical School, University of Washington
Scientific career
FieldsGenetics, Public Health
InstitutionsUniversity of Michigan.

Gilbert S. Omenn M.D., Ph.D. is an American medical doctor and researcher. He currently is the Harold T. Shapiro Distinguished University Professor at the University of Michigan; professor of Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics, Molecular Medicine & Genetics, Human Genetics, and Public Health; and the Director of the UM Center for Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics.[1] Omenn has served as editor of the Annual Review of Public Health from 1990–1996.[2] and as president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Education

Omenn received a B.A. from Princeton University (class of 1961)[3] and an M.D. from Harvard Medical School (1965).[4] He interned and did his residency at Massachusetts General Hospital.[5]

Omenn worked at the National Institutes of Health from 1967-1969, doing research as part of military service.[5] In 1969, he joined the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington as a fellow, working with Arno G. Motulsky in medical genetics.[6] He went on to earn a Ph.D. in genetics from the University of Washington, which he received in 1972.[7]

Career

In 1971 Omenn joined the faculty of medical genetics at the University of Washington.[6][5] Omenn was appointed as a White House Fellow in 1973-74, under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. He was one of two staff on Nixon's Project Independence, looking for ways to lessen America”s dependence on imported oil. He was also part of a diplomatic mission to convince France not to share nuclear information with Pakistan.[8] Omenn served with the Atomic Energy Commission on international nuclear policy.[9]

Omenn founded the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program at the University of Washington in 1975.[6] He was a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator for 1976-1977.[10] He was promoted to a full professorship in medicine in 1979. [6]

During 1977-1981, Omenn worked with the Carter administration, first as an assistant to Frank Press, the President's advisor on Science and Technology Policy, and then as Associate Director in the Office of Management and Budget.[5] In 1981, he was a visiting professor at the Woodrow Wilson School of Princeton University and the Brookings Institution's first Science, Technology, and Policy Fellow.[5][11]

In 1982, Omenn became Chair of the Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS) and then Dean of the School of Public Health at the University of Washington, serving from 1982-1997. He continues to be an affiliate professor of the university.[12]

In 1997 Omenn moved to the University of Michigan.[5] From 1997 to 2002 he served as Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs and as Chief Executive Officer of the University of Michigan Health System.[5][9] In 2015 he was named the Harold T. Shapiro Distinguished University Professor of Medicine. [13]

Omenn was a founder of the international Human Proteome Organization (HUPO) in 2001, a member of the Council of HUPO's pilot Plasma Proteome Project from 2002 through 2010, and chair of the Human Proteome Project from 2010 through 2018.[14][15][16]

Omenn is Past President (2005-2006)[17][18] and Past Chairman of the Board (2006-2007) of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He is a longtime director of Amgen Inc. and of Rohm & Haas Company. He is also on the advisory board of NextServices. Omenn served as editor of the Annual Review of Public Health from 1990–1996.[2][19] As of 2020, he joined the Board of Directors of the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH).[20]

In 2017, Omenn reflected on his career in a 75 minute talk entitled Proteins, Policy, and Paths Less Traveled.

References

  1. ^ "Gilbert S. Omenn, M.D., Ph.D." Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics. University of Michigan. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b Omenn, Gilbert S. (1990). "Preface by the Gilbert S. Omenn". Annual Review of Public Health. 11. doi:10.1146/annurev.pu.11.010190.100001.
  3. ^ Barnes, Steve (February 24, 2006). "Woodrow Wilson School creates 'Scholars in the Nation's Service' program to encourage government service". Princeton University. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  4. ^ "The Gilbert S. Omenn Lecture". Harvard Medical School. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "Gilbert S. Omenn chosen as executive V.P. for medical affairs". Michigan News. University of Michigan. September 4, 1997. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  6. ^ a b c d Vartan, Starre. "New Labs for a New Era in Public Health". UW Public Health Magazine. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  7. ^ The President's Commission on White House Fellows. The White House Fellows. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  8. ^ Kassab, Elizabeth (July 8, 2001). "Regent White to be White House fellow". The Michigan Daily. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  9. ^ a b Gavin, Kara (March 23, 2017). "Omenn lecture to focus on bridging science and policy world". The University Record. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Gilbert S. Omenn, MD, PhD Investigator / 1976—1977". Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  11. ^ Gustafson, Sven (April 4, 2019). "Former U-M Health System CEO: Health care reform will come this year". Special to The Ann Arbor News. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  12. ^ Houtz, Jolayne (November 23, 2020). "Omenn-Darling 50th anniversary gift to UW School of Public Health will transform environmental health research". University of Washington News and Events. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  13. ^ Brown, Kevin (May 21, 2015). "Nine faculty members named Distinguished University Professors". The University Record. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  14. ^ Ignjatovic, Vera (1 Feb 2019). "Q&A with Gil Omenn". Human Proteome Organization. University of Melbourne, Australia.
  15. ^ Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan (10 February 2004). "Scientists Tackle Human Blood Plasma Proteome". NewsWise. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  16. ^ Omenn, Gilbert S. (2021). "Reflections on the HUPO Human Proteome Project, the Flagship Project of the Human Proteome Organization, at 10 Year". Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 20: 100062. doi:10.1016/j.mcpro.2021.100062. ISSN 1535-9476. Retrieved 25 October 2021. {{cite journal}}: no-break space character in |title= at position 111 (help)
  17. ^ Pinholster, Ginger (5 May 2015). "Gil Omenn: 'Grand Challenges' Stress Hope, Curiosity". American Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  18. ^ Omenn, Gilbert S. (15 December 2006). "Grand Challenges and Great Opportunities in Science, Technology, and Public Policy". Science. 314 (5806): 1696–1704. doi:10.1126/science.1135003. ISSN 0036-8075. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  19. ^ Omenn, Gilbert S. (1996). "Preface". Annual Review of Public Health. 17. doi:10.1146/annurev.pu.17.031704.100001.
  20. ^ "Gilbert S. Omenn, M.D., Ph.D., Joins the FNIH Board of Directors | The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health". Foundation for the National Institutes of Health. June 11, 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2021.

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