Prof. Andrew Feinberg, M.D., M.P.H.
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor; Director, Center for Epigenetics; and Chief, Division of Molecular Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Profile
Senior Professor by Special Appointment
Appointment Period: 1.7.26-8.7.26
Education
- Directed Studies Program, Yale University, 1969-71
- BA, Johns Hopkins, 1973
- MD, Johns Hopkins, 1976
- MPH, Johns Hopkins, 1981
Positions Held
- Intern, Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1976-77
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Developmental Biology, UCSD, 1977-79
- Instructor, Medicine, Johns Hopkins, 1979-80
- Clinical and Research Fellow, Genetics, Johns Hopkins, 1981-83
- Assistant Professor of Oncology and Medicine, Johns Hopkins, 1983-86
- Assistant/Associate Professor, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Michigan, 1986-1994
- Professor, Johns Hopkins University, 1994-
Honors and Awards
- MERIT Award of the National Cancer Institute
- NIH Director’s Pioneer Award.
- Association of American Physicians
- National Academy of Medicine
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Feodor Lynen Medal
- Baruch Spinoza Chair of the University of Amsterdam
- Daniel Coit Gilman Scholar of Johns Hopkins University
- Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris Causa), University of Uppsala, Sweden
- Doctor of Medicine (Honoris Causa), Karolinska Institute, Sweden
- Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris Causa), University of Amsterdam
- ISI Most Cited Authors
Research Interests
- Epigenetics and epigenomics
- Cancer progression and metastasis
- Aging and neuropsychiatric disease
- DNA methylation and chromatin biology
- Epigenetic plasticity and evolution
- Mathematical models of the epigenome
- Spaceflight-induced biological changes
Faculty
Engineering
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