J. Larry Jameson

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Larry Jameson
President of the University of Pennsylvania
Acting
Assumed office
December 12, 2023
Thesis Regulation of microtubule assembly and steady-state dynamics  (1981)

J. Larry Jameson is an American physician-scientist and academic administrator serving as the interim president of the University of Pennsylvania since December 2023. [1] He has served as the dean of the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania since 2011. [2] He is the Robert G. Dunlop professor of medicine and an executive vice president of the University of Pennsylvania Health System. [2]

Jameson earned a BS in Chemistry in 1976 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He also earned both an MD and a PhD in biochemistry from Chapel Hill in 1981. [3]

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References

  1. Robertson, Campbell (2023-12-12). "Medical School Dean Is Chosen to Lead Penn as Interim President". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  2. 1 2 "J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD | Office of the Dean | Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania". www.med.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  3. "J. Larry Jameson | Faculty | About Us | Perelman School of Medicine | Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania". www.med.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2024-01-04.