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Dr. York is also Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology and of Biochemistry at Duke University Medical Center. He received his B.S. degree in biochemistry at the University of Iowa and his Ph.D. degree in molecular cell biology and biophysics from Washington University, St. Louis, where he studied with Philip Majerus. He was briefly an instructor at Washington University before assuming his position at Duke University. Dr. York is a recipient of a Burroughs Wellcome Career Award in the biomedical sciences, a Whitehead Scholar Award, and the 2002 Schering-Plough Scientific Achievement Award from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
RESEARCH ABSTRACT SUMMARY:
John York studies the biology and enzyme regulation of inositol cellular signal transduction pathways, and the mechanisms of lithium action as it pertains to treatment of bipolar disorder (manic depression).
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Photo: Les Todd, Duke University Photography
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