ALAN BERNSTEIN, O.C., PhD, FRSC, LL.D. (Hon) CURRICULUM VITAE Executive Director: Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise 200 Park Avenue South, Suite 1501 New York, NY 10003 Tel: (212) 461-3692 / Fax: (212) 780-0607 E-mail: [email protected] Education and Training : 1968 B.Sc., (Honours), University of Toronto, Mathematics and Physics. 1972 Ph.D., University of Toronto, Medical Biophysics. Supervisor: Dr. James E. Till. 1972-1974 Postdoctoral Fellow, Imperial Cancer Research Fund Laboratories, London, UK. Appointments : 1974-1979 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto 1974-1985 Staff Member, Division of Biological Research, Ontario Cancer Institute, Toronto 1979-1984 Associate Professor, Dept. of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto 1984- Professor, Dept. of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto 1985-1994 Head, Division of Molecular and Developmental Biology, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto 1986- Professor, Dept. of Medical Genetics and Microbiology, University of Toronto 1987- Member, Graduate Faculty, Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto 1988-1994 Associate Director, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto 1994-2000 Director, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto 1995- Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto 2000-2007 President, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Ottawa 2008-2010 Honorary Research Fellow, School of Family & Public Health, Nelson Mandela Faculty of Medicine, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa Honours Received : 1965-1967 Special Council of Innis College Scholarship 1968 The Innis College Award 1968 The James Loudon Gold Medal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Mathematics and Physics 1972-1973 The King George V Silver Jubilee Cancer Research Fellowship from the National Cancer Institute of Canada 1985-1991 McLaughlin Scientist 1986 Joseph J. Schiffer Exchange Visitor to Israel 1987 MRC Visiting Professor, Queen's University Kingston, February, 1987 1990 First Incumbent, Anne Tanenbaum Chair in Molecular and Developmental Biology, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital 1 1991 Fellow, Royal Society of Canada 1991-1996 International Research Scholar - Howard Hughes Medical Institute 1994-2000 The Koffler Chair for the Director, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute 1996 The 1996 Award of Merit, City of Toronto 1996 The McLaughlin Medal, The Royal Society of Canada 1997 The Robert L. Noble Award, National Cancer Institute of Canada 1998 The Genetics Society of Canada Award of Excellence 2000 The Canadian Society for Clinical Investigation/Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada 2000 Henry Friesen Award 2000 The Inaugural Distinguished Science Leadership Lecture, B.C. Cancer Agency & Vancouver General Hospital 2000 The Ottawa Life Sciences National Award of Merit 2001 The Australian Society for Medical Research Medal 2002 Award of Merit, Japan Society for the Promotion of Cancer Research 2002 Officer of the Order of Canada 2002 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Medal 2003 Guest of Honour, The Gairdner Foundation 2003 International Awards Dinner 2004 ‘Inspirational Innisian’, Innis College, University of Toronto 2004 Senior Fellow, Massey College, University of Toronto 2005 Member, The Canadian Academy of Health Sciences 2007 Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, Dalhousie University 2007 Médaille du mérite of the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal 2008 The Biotechnology Initiative Lifetime Achievement Award 2008 Health Charities Coalition of Canada Inaugural Award of Distinction 2008 Canadian Society of Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology Inaugural Arthur Wynne Gold Medal 2008 Canadian Association of University Research Administrators, Walter Hitschfield Award 2008 Gairdner Foundation Wightman Award 2009 Doctor of Science, honoris causa, University of British Columbia Key Lectures 1992 Second Allan J. Erslev Distinguished Lectureship, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia 1995 Leukaemia Research Fund (of Great Britain) Speaker, Cancer Research Campaign 1995 Thomson Lecturer - Department of Biochemistry at McGill University, Montreal 2001 Garner King Lecturer, Research Day, University of Alberta 2001 The Telstra Address, National Press Club, Canberra, Australia 2002 The Inaugural Lecturer, The Alan Bernstein Distinguished Lecture Series, The McDonald Research Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver 2003 Keynote Address, Gairdner Foundation International Awards Gala, Toronto 2005 Inaugural Keynote Address, The Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, Vancouver Memberships in Scientific Societies : 2 1970- American Society for Microbiology 1977- Canadian Society for Cell Biology 1986- Genetics Society of Canada MEMBERSHIPS ON COMMITTEES FEDERAL BOARD MEMBERSHIPS : 2000-2007 Member, Canadian Health Services Research Foundation 2000-2007 Chair, Governing Council, Canadian Institutes of Health Research 2000-2007 Member, Board of Directors, Genome Canada 2000-2007 Health Canada Scientific Advisory Board 2000-2007 Steering Committee, Canada Research Chairs 2000-2007 Steering Committee, Networks of Centres of Excellence 2002-2004 Member, Board of Directors, Canada Foundation for Innovation 2002-2007 Associate Member, Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada 2003-2007 Member, Prime Minister’s Advisory Committee on Science and Technology 2005-2007 Chair, Steering Committee, Canada Research Chairs BOARD MEMBERSHIPS (S ELECTION ): 1982 Member, Search Committee, Head, Division of Biological Research, Ontario Cancer Institute 1984 Member, Executive Committee, Division of Biological Research, Ontario Cancer Institute 1982-1984 Member, Research Advisory Group, National Cancer Institute of Canada 1984-1986 Member, Advisory Committee on Research, National Cancer Institute of Canada 1986-1988 Member, Task Force on Strategic Planning, National Cancer Institute of Canada 1986-1988 Chair, Advisory Committee on Research, National Cancer Institute of Canada 1987-1990 Member, Scientific Review Panel, Israel Cancer Research Fund 1988-1989 Member, MRC Working Group on Guidelines for Somatic Cell Gene Therapy for Disease 1988-1995 Member, Committee on Priorities & Planning, National Cancer Institute of Canada 1989-1995 Member, Scientific Board, Foundation Viamarconidieci, Italy 1989-1994 Member, International Scientific Council, Israel Cancer Research Fund 1989-1997 Member, Board of Directors, National Cancer Institute of Canada 1990 Member, Science Board, Biomedical Research Centre, Vancouver 1990 Member, Inter-Council Human Genome Advisory Committee 1990 Member-at-Large, National Cancer Institute of Canada 1991 Chair, Science Board, Biomedical Research Centre, Vancouver 1992-1995 Member, Medical Advisory Board, Thalassemia Research Foundation of Ontario 1992-1996 Member, Management & Executive Committees, Canadian Human Genome Project 1993 Member, Medical Research Council of Canada, Advisory Committee for Policy, Planning, Analysis and Evaluation 1993 Member, National Cancer Institute of Canada Task Force on International Affairs 1993 Member, Conjoint Review Committee, Faculty of Medicine, University of Western 3 Ontario 1993 Member, Molecular Medicine External Advisory Committee, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center 1994-2000 Chair, International Scientific Council, Israel Cancer Research Fund, New York 1994-1997 Member, Standing Committee on Science and Research, Medical Research Council of Canada 1995-1998 Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Visible Genetics Inc., Toronto 1995-2000 Member, Board of Directors, Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto 1995-2000 Member, Research Advisory Committee, Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto 1996-2000 Member, Board of Scientific Counsellors, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, USA 1996-1999 Member, Mayor's Economic Partnerships Council, City of Toronto 1996- Member, The Committee of Excellence, Weizmann Institute of Science, Toronto 1997-2004 Member, Alberta Cancer Board - Advisory Committee on Research, Edmonton 1997-2000 Chairman, SAG, Biocatalyst Yorkton Inc., Toronto 1997-1999 Member, Seneca College - Biological Research Technology Advisory Committee, Toronto 1997-2000 Chair, Toronto Biotechnology Commercialization Centre Board 1998-1999 Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 1998-2000 Member, Roswell Park Cancer Institute's Scientific Advisory Board, Buffalo 1998- Member, Research Advisory Board, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International, New York 1998-2000 Member, Ontario Science Centre Board of Trustees, Toronto 1998-1999 Member, Ontario Biotechnology Task Force, Ministry of Energy, Science & Technology, Toronto 1998-2000 Member, Unified Research Strategy Working Group, The Change Foundation, Toronto 1998-2000 Member, Board of Directors, The Gerry & Nancy Pencer Brain Trust, Toronto 1998 Member, Canadian Institutes of Health Research Task Force, Ottawa 1999-2000 Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Canji, Inc., San Diego 1999-2000 Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, Edmonton, Alberta 1999-2003 Member, Scientific Advisory Board, The Van Andel Institute for Cancer Research, Grand Rapids, Michigan 1999-2000 Member, Advisory Board, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo 1999-2000 Member, Board Development Committee, Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto