Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Secondary)
Biography
Claes Wahlestedt is Leonard M. Miller Professor and Director of the Center for Therapeutic Innovation at the University of Miami where he also serves as Associate Dean for Therapeutic Innovation. A native of Sweden, Dr. Wahlestedt obtained his MD and PhD degrees from Lund University. Prior to joining the University of Miami, Dr. Wahlestedt was a founding Professor and a Director at The Scripps Research Institute’s Florida campus. Between 1997 and 2005 he ran the Genome Center (one of the largest in Europe at the time) at the Karolinska Institute (Stockholm, Sweden) where he was also an endowed Professor and Department Chair. He has also been a faculty member at Cornell University Medical College and at McGill University. At different stages in his career, he has directed large R&D organizations in the pharmaceutical industry for Astra-Zeneca and for Pharmacia/Pfizer. In addition, he has co-founded several biotechnology companies and serves on various boards. Dr. Wahlestedt has published over 300 peer-reviewed scientific publications (H-index 102) and a number of patents.
Education & Training
Education
1987: Lund University, Sweden
PhD, Pharmacology
1986: Lund University, Sweden
MD, University Medical Degree
Post Graduate Training
1989: Georgetown University, Washington DC
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Neuroscience
1988: Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Molecular Biology
Honors & Awards
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Teaching Interests
Pharmacology, psychiatry, oncology, pharmacogenomics, drug discovery and development.
Research Interests
My present laboratory, at the University of Miami’s Center for Therapeutic Innovation, works on genomics/transcriptomics as well as drug discovery and developement in several therapeutic areas.
Publications
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