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Xandra O. Breakefield
CV
CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: Xandra Owens Breakefield, Ph.D.
Date and Place of Birth: October 6, 1942, Boston, Massachusetts
Citizenship: United States
Education:
1960-1965 - A.B., cum laude (Biology), Wilson College
1964-1965 - American University (Biology)
1967-1971 - Ph.D. (Microbial Genetics), Georgetown University
Research and Professional Experience:
2002 – pres. Geneticist (Radiology), Center for Molecular Imaging Research,
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02115
1996 – pres. Professor (Neurology), Neuroscience Program Harvard Medical School,
Boston, MA 02115
Geneticist (Neurology), Molecular Neurogenetics Unit, Neuroscience Center,
Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA 02129
1984 - 1996 Associate Professor (Neurology), Neuroscience Program, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
Associate Geneticist (Neurology), Molecular Neurogenetics Unit, Neuroscience Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA 02129
1984 - 1989 Director, Division of Molecular Neurogenetics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center, Waltham, MA 02254
1980 - 1984 Associate Professor, Department of Human Genetics,
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510
1974 - 1980 Assistant Professor, Department of Human Genetics,
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510
1973 - 1974 Staff Fellow, Laboratory of Biochemical Genetics, National
Heart and Lung Institute, Bethesda, MD, with Dr. Marshall W. Nirenberg
1974 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Biology,
Georgetown University, Washington, DC
1971 - 1973 N.I.H. Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Biochemical
Genetics, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, with Dr. Marshall Nirenberg
1967 - 1971 Predoctoral Fellow (N.S.F. and N.D.E.A. Title IV), Biology
Department, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, with
Dr. Otto E. Landman
Membership in Scientific Societies:
American Society of Gene Therapy
Society for Neuroscience
American Microbiology Society
Awards:
McKnight Foundation: Neuroscience Development Award, 1982-1984
Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award (MAO), 1985-1992
Mathilde Solowey Award in the Neurosciences 1986, FAES, NIH
Marie Curie Lecturer, Texas Woman's University, 1988
William N. Creasy Visiting Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, 1989
J.H. Quastel Visiting Professor in Molecular Biology of the Nervous System, McGill University, 1989
Honorary doctorate degree, Wilson College, 1991
Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award (Dystonia), 1995-2002
Honorary Masters Degree, Harvard Medical School, 1996
Neuroscience Grass Lecturer, 1995 and 1999
Elected Treasurer, American Society for Gene Therapy, 2002;
Honorary Member, Tumor Section, Am. Assoc. Neurol. Surgeons, 2002.
Advisory Boards:
Hereditary Disease Foundation, 1980-83
Member, Neurological Sciences Study Section, NINCDS, 1982-86
Dystonia Medical Research Foundation, 1980-83; 1984-1987; 2001-present
NINDS Board of Scientific Counselors, 1992-1997
SAB National Gene Vector Laboratory, 1996 - 1998
Dana Awards Nominating Committee, 1996 - 1998
Les Turner ALS Foundation, Scientific Review Board, 1996
NIH Recombinant Advisory Committee, 1998-2002
Committee on Cancer Gene Therapy, American Society of Gene Therapy 1997-1999
Program Committee, American Society of Gene Therapy 1998-1999
NIH DNA Recombinant Advisory Committee, 1998-2002.
Gene Transfer Advisory Committee for Harvard Medical School, 1999-2002
Chair, Neuromuscular Disorders Committee, American Society for Gene Therapy 2000-2001
Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives, 2000
Board of Directors, American Society of Gene Therapy, 2000-2004
Dystonia Medical Research Foundation, Scientific Advisory Board, 2000-2004
AL Athel ALS Therapy Program, 2001
Elected Treasurer, American Society of Gene Therapy 2002
Member, DMRF Task Force 2003-2006
Ad Hoc Member, NIH Gene and Drug Delivery Study Section 2004
Editorial Boards:
Journal of Neurogenetics
Molecular Brain Research
Neurogenetics
Gene Therapy
Journal of Neurovirology
Human Gene Therapy
Journal of Gene Medicine, Associate Editor
Molecular Therapy