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Millie Hughes-Fulford, PhD
Biographical Sketch
| BS, 1968, Tarleton State
University, Stephenville, TX, Chemistry/Biology |
| PhD, 1972, Texas
Women's University, Denton, TX, Radiation/Biochemistry |
| Post graduate training, 1987, Woods Hole,
Physiology |
| Post graduate training, 1999, Woods Hole,
Microscopy |
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| 1973-1985 |
Research Chemist, Veterans Affairs
Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
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| 1977-1984 |
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University
of California, San Francisco; Extension Faculty, Department
of Biochemistry, University of California, Berkeley |
| 1984-1991 |
Astronaut Scientist, Spacelab Life Sciences-I, Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX |
| 1984-1994 |
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University
of California, San Francisco |
| 1991-Present |
Scientific Advisor to the Undersecretary, Department
of Veteran's Affairs, Washington DC |
| 1993-Present |
Director, Laboratory of Cell Growth, Veterans Affairs
Medical Center and University of California, San Francisco
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1994-2007 |
Professor, Department of Medicine, University of California,
San Francisco |
1995-2001 |
Deputy Associate Chief of Staff for Education, Veterans
Affairs Medical Center and University of California, San
Francisco |
1996-Present |
Research Scientist, NCIRE-the Veterans Health Research
Institute, San Francisco, CA |
2001-Present |
Medical Investigator, Veterans Affairs
Medical Center, San Francisco, CA |
| 2007-Present |
Professor, Department of Medicine and Urology, University
of California, San Francisco |
Millie Hughes-Fulford, PhD completed her BS in chemistry and
biology at Tarleton State University in Stephenville Texas, where
she was honored with a National Science Foundation Summer Research
Fellowship in 1965 before graduating in 1968. As a graduate student
at the Texas Women's University Hughes-Fulford received a National
Science Foundation Fellowship and the American Association of
University Women's Fellowship, earning her PhD in Biochemistry
with a focus on radiation in 1972. Hughes-Fulford, who was the
first woman scientist to ride in the space shuttle in 1991, is
a world leader in exploring what happens to our immune system
and our bone cells when suddenly thrust into a gravity-free environment.
In addition to her research on immune response in space Hughes-Fulford
is exploring diet intervention in the treatment of prostate cancer.
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