Bruce A. Holm, Ph.D.
Executive Director
New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences
Dr. Bruce A. Holm is the Executive Director, New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences; and Senior Vice Provost and Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, State University of New York at Buffalo. Dr. Holm previously held the positions of Senior Associate Dean of the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and Senior Associate Vice President for Health Affairs at UB. Holm received a BS in Biochemistry from the University of Iowa in 1981. He then served as an NIH predoctoral fellow in Radiation Biology, Biophysics, and Pulmonary Medicine, and in 1987 received his MS and PhD in Toxicology and Pulmonary Medicine from the University of Rochester School of Medicine. He subsequently completed a fellowship in Perinatology at the Children’s Hospital of Buffalo negotiations.
Dr. Holm’s research focuses on the biology of lung development and therapeutics for acute lung disease. He has served as a member of the editorial board of the American Journal of Physiology: Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology and as a guest editor of Clinics in Perinatology. He received a Research Career Award from the Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health in 1991, and has been principal investigator on numerous NIH, DOD, NASA, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Markey Trust funded projects. He has published more than 200 papers, book chapters and abstracts on such topics as the biology of lung development, congenital diaphragmatic hernia, Respiratory Distress Syndrome, and molecular therapeutics in acute lung injury. He holds several patents for lung surfactant replacement drugs currently on the market and has launched two therapeutics companies based on his work.
News
Invitrogen Foundation Supports UB's Life Sciences Initiatives in Buffalo
11/07/2008 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- "The Invitrogen Foundation headquartered in Carlsbad, Calif., has given the University at Buffalo $50,000 to support marketing and outreach efforts for UB's iSci: Career Pathways in the Life Sciences program..." [Read On...]
CoE Researchers Apply Systems Biology and Glycomics to Study Human Inflammatory Diseases
10/28/2008 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- "It's an extremely valuable way to apply engineering principles to biology, it's critical to merge both approaches..." [Read On...]
$7.6 Million Contract Establishes International HIV/AIDS Clinical Pharmacology Quality Assurance and Control Program at CoE
10/01/2008 - BUFFALO, N.Y. --
"We are excited about this opportunity to use our expertise and facilities to help fight the global AIDS epidemic," said Dr. Gene Morse. [Read On..]
Initiative to Develop Groundbreaking Medical Devices, Boost Industry
09/17/2008 - BUFFALO, N. Y. -- "Launch made possible by $3 million Oishei Foundation grant...UB is establishing a Dept. of Biomedical Engineering with a focus on developing groundbreaking medical devices and therapies to address society's most pressing health problems..." [Read On...]
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Events
January 21 - RPI Biotechnology & Entrepreneurship Video Conference Seminar
Free video conference at the CoE with guest speaker Jason S. Slotnik, Esq. from Hogan & Hartson LLP. Mr. Slotnik is an expert in the field of Health Care Reimbursement.
January 29 - Life Sciences Commercialization Series
Join us for our first lecture in the 2009 season featuring two presenters from Greatbatch: James Kubiak, Product Line Director, Emerging Technologies, Cardiac and Neurology and Greg Vanderhorst, VP of Sales and Marketing. Click here for more information.
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