Nadia A. Rosenthal FMedSci is a scientist who specializes in heart development related research. Rosenthal began her undergraduate degree at the

University of Wales The University of Wales (Welsh language, Welsh: ''Prifysgol Cymru'') is a confederal university based in Cardiff, Wales. Founded by royal charter in 1893 as a federal university with three constituent colleges – Aberystwyth, Bangor and Cardiff � ...

and then transferred to Harvard. She received her PhD from

Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is the graduate medical school of Harvard University and is located in the Longwood Medical Area of Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1782, HMS is one of the oldest medical schools in the United States and is consi ...

and was an associate professor of biochemistry at

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and an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School before transferring to the

European Molecular Biology Laboratory The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) is an intergovernmental organization dedicated to molecular biology research and is supported by 27 member states, two prospect states, and one associate member state. EMBL was created in 1974 and ...

where she replaced

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who had just gone to work at Harvard Medical School. In 2006, she presented the

Howard Hughes Medical Institute The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) is an American non-profit medical research organization based in Chevy Chase, Maryland. It was founded in 1953 by Howard Hughes, an American business magnate, investor, record-setting pilot, engineer, fil ...

's Holiday Lectures together with Douglas A. Melton. She is the

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of '' Differentiation''. Since 2005 Rosenthal has been chair in Cardiovascular Science at

Imperial College London Imperial College London (legally Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom. Its history began with Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, who developed his vision for a cu ...

. In 2008, Rosenthal was appointed as founding director of the

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, based at

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. Since 2014, she has served as scientific director of the Jackson Laboratory. Rosenthal is the daughter of

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, and she is married to Alan Sawyer, who also worked at EMBL and the Jackson Laboratory.

Awards

2010: Honorary degree,

Université Pierre et Marie Curie Pierre and Marie Curie University (french: link=no, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, UPMC), also known as Paris 6, was a public research university in Paris, France, from 1971 to 2017. The university was located on the Jussieu Campus in the La ...

(UPMC), Paris 2015: Overseas Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rosenthal, Nadia 1953 births Living people Harvard Medical School alumni Members of the European Molecular Biology Organization Boston University faculty Harvard Medical School faculty Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences (United Kingdom) Academic journal editors Fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences