Daniel W. Nebert

Daniel W. Nebert
Nebert in 2004
Born
Portland, Oregon
Education
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SpouseLucia Fung Jorge
Children6
Scientific career
FieldsBiomedical sciences, medicine
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Daniel Walter Nebert is an American physician-scientist. He is a professor emeritus at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. His research has revolved around the central theme of gene–environment interactions.

Education

Nebert completed a BA degree at Wesleyan University in 1960.[1] He went on to the five-year program at the University of Oregon Medical School; he completed a MS in biophysics and an MD in 1964.[1] Nebert had a pediatric internship and residency at the University of California, Los Angeles Health Sciences Center from 1964 to 1966.[1] He was a postdoctoral fellow at the National Cancer Institute from 1966 to 1968.[1]

Career

Nebert moved to the NICHD in 1968. He remained there until 1989, and served as section head and the chief of the Laboratory of Developmental Pharmacology.[1]

Nebert then moved to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center in December 1989, where he was hired as a professor of environmental health.[1][2] He also had an adjunct professor title in the Human Genetics Division, Department of Pediatrics and Molecular & Developmental Biology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center beginning in 1991.[3] He remained at the University of Cincinnati until retiring as a professor emeritus in 2013.[1][2]

Nebert has published more than 670 papers in several scientific fields. In January 2025, Nebert's Google Scholar h-index was 140 with more than 82,500 citations.[4]

Awards and honors

Nebert was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1994, as a member of the medical sciences section.[5][6]

Selected publications

  • Nebert DW, Gonzalez FJ. P450 genes: structure, evolution, and regulation. Annu Rev Biochem. 1987;56:945-93. PMID: 3304150
  • Zhang G, Nebert DW. Personalized medicine: Genetic risk prediction of drug response. Pharmacol Ther. 2017 Jul;175:75-90. PMID: 28213088
  • Nebert DW. Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR): "pioneer member" of the basic-helix/loop/helix per-Arnt-sim (bHLH/PAS) family of "sensors" of foreign and endogenous signals. Prog Lipid Res. 2017 Jul;67:38-57. PMID: 28606467
  • Nebert DW, Liu Z. SLC39A8 gene encoding a metal ion transporter: discovery and bench to bedside. Hum Genomics. 2019 Sep 14;13(Suppl 1):51. PMID: 31521203

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Expert Profile: Daniel W. Nebert". University of Cincinnati. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "About Us | Daniel W. Nebert". Gene Whisperer. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Daniel Nebert". CO2 Coalition. Retrieved 2024-11-01.
  4. ↑ Daniel W. Nebert publications indexed by Google Scholar
  5. ↑ "Fellow Entry for Daniel Nebert". American Association for the Advancement of Science.
  6. ↑ "Center Director named AAAS Fellow". Environmental Health Perspectives. 103 (3). National Institutes of Health: 330. 1995. Bibcode:1995EnvHP.103S.230.. doi:10.1289/ehp.103-1519088. PMC 1519088. S2CID 52820156.
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