ROBERT HOWARD GETZENBERG                   

Citizenship:  U. S. A.

 

Business Address:   University of Pittsburgh

                                    Shadyside Medical Center

                                    Urology Research G-40                                                                                                                                                             5200 Centre Avenue                                       E-mail:  getzenbergrh@upmc.edu

                                    Pittsburgh, PA  15232

 

Business Phone:       (412) 623-3903                                            Business Fax:  (412) 623-3904

 

Current Address:

Professor and Director of Research of the Brady Urological Insitute
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Marburg 113
600 North Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD  21287
 
410-502-3137
fax 410-955-0833
e-mail:  rgetzen1@jhmi.edu

 

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

 

UNDERGRADUATE:

 

                                                                                                Degree Received

Dates Attended                        Name and Location of Institution               and Year                  Major Subject

 

1983 – 1987                Rutgers College, Rutgers University     B.A. w/ High Honors Microbiology

                                    New Brunswick, New Jersey                         1987

 

GRADUATE:

 

                                                                                                Degree Received            Major Professor

Dates Attended                        Name and Location of Institution              and Year                   and Discipline

 

1987-1992                   Johns Hopkins University School of             Ph.D. – 1992                 Donald S. Coffey, Ph.D.

                                    Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland                                                       Biochemistry, Cellular

                                                                                                                                    & Molecular Biology

 

POST-GRADUATE:

 

Dates Attended                        Name and Location of Institution                                             Name of Program Director

           and Discipline

 

1992-1994                   Yale University School of Medicine                                      Eric R. Fearon, M.D., Ph.D.

                                    New Haven, Connecticut                                                     Postdoctoral Fellowship

                                                                                                                                    Department of Pathology

 

APPOINTMENTS AND POSITIONS

 

 

 

ACADEMIC:

 

Years Inclusive                        Name and Location of Institution or Organization                   Title

 

2003 – Present                        Department of Urology                                                             Professor w/tenure and

                                    University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine                         Director of Urological

                                    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania                                                   Research

 

2003 – Present                        Department of Pathology                                                        Professor w/tenure

                                    University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

                                    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

 

2003 – Present                        Department of Pharmacology                                                  Professor w/tenure

                                    University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

                                    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

 

2000 – 2003                Department of Urology                                                             Associate Professor w/tenure and

                                    University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine                         Director of Urological

                                    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania                                                   Research

 

1999 – 2003                Department of Pathology                                                        Associate Professor w/tenure

                                    University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

                                    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

 

1999 – 2003                Department of Pharmacology                                                  Associate Professor w/tenure

                                    University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

                                    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

 

1994 – 1999                Department of Pathology                                                        Assistant Professor

                                    University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

                                    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

 

1995 – 1997                Department of Surgery                                                                        Assistant Professor

                                    University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

                                    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

 

1995 – 1999                Department of Medicine                                                          Assistant Professor

                                    University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

                                    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania              

 

1995 – 1999                Department of Pharmacology                                                  Assistant Professor

                                    University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

                                    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania              

 

1997 – Present                        Prostate and Urologic Cancer Program                                              Director of Research

                                    University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute                                          and Co-Director

 

1994 – Present                        Prostate and Urologic Cancer Program

                                    University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute                                          Member

 

1995 – Present                        Graduate Faculty

                                    University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine                         Member

 

1996 – Present                        Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology Graduate Program          

                                    University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine                         Member

 

1997 – 1998                Cellular and Molecular Pathology Graduate Program                   Member, Executive

                                    University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine                         Steering Committee

 

1998 – Present                        Cellular and Molecular Pathology Graduate Program              Associate Director

                                    University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

 

1999 - 2003                 UPCI Planning and Budget Committee                                           Member

                                    University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute

 

 

Years Inclusive                        Name and Location of Institution or Organization                   Title

 


 

MEMBERSHIPS in PROFESSIONAL and SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

 

 

 

Organization                                                                                                                Year

 

American Society for Cell Biology                                                                         1988 – present

 

Society for Basic Urologic Research                                                                                 1992 – present

 

American Association for Cancer Research                                                                    1993 – present

 

American Urological Association – Affiliate Member                                                 1995 – present

 

American Association for Clinical Chemistry – Member                                                   2000 – present

 

American Foundation for Urologic Disease – Board of Directors                                              2003 - present

 

 

HONORS

 

Title of Award                                                                                                               Year

 

Caspar Nannes Memorial Scholarship                                                                              1983 – 1987

Rutgers Club of Washington

 

Henry Rutgers Honor Scholar                                                                                      1987

Rutgers College

 

Cap and Skull Honor Society, High Skull                                                                     1987

Rutgers College

 

High Honors in Microbiology                                                                                        1987

Rutgers College

 

First Prize, Research, NCI National Meeting on                                                                 1989

Prostate Cancer, Prouts Neck, Maine

 

Swebilius Cancer Research Award                                                                          1992 – 1994

Yale University School of Medicine

 

American Association for Cancer Research Travel Award                                      1993

Special Conference on Oncogenes and Antioncogenes

 

Travel Award – Society for Basic Urologic Research Fall                                       1993

Symposium

 

Shannon Award – National Cancer Institute, National Institutes                                              1995 – 1997

of Health

 

National Kidney Cancer Association Young Investigator                                                      1996

 

Honors Convocation – University of Pittsburgh                                                                        1997

 

Society for Basic Urologic Research/Merck Young Investigator Award                               1998

 

Pittsburgh Magazine, “40 under 40” Award                                                                      1999

 

Presenter, American Cancer Society’s 41st Science Writers Seminar                                   1999

 

Honors Convocation – University of Pittsburgh                                                                        2000

 

Chancellors Research Award – University of Pittsburgh                                                         2000

 

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                                                                                      PUBLICATIONS

 

1.                  Refereed articles.

 

  1. Nath, P., Getzenberg, R.H., Beebe, D., Pallansch, L. and Zelenka, P.  c-myc mRNA is Elevated as Differentiating Lens Cells Withdraw From the Cell Cycle.  Experimental Cell Research 169; 215-222, 1988.

 

  1. Getzenberg, R.H. and Coffey, D.S.  Tissue Specificity of the Hormonal Response in Sex Accessory Tissues is Associated with Nuclear Matrix Protein Patterns.