Claire Pomeroy is the president and chief executive officer of the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation. She is a professor emeritus at the

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. During her academic career, her research focused on

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Education

Pomeroy received her B.S. and M.D. degrees from the

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. She then did a residency in

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and a fellowship in

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at the

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. She earned an

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from the

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Career

Pomeroy is currently the president and chief executive officer of the

Lasker Foundation In 1945 Albert Lasker and Mary Woodard Lasker created the Lasker Awards. Every year since then the award has been given to the living person considered to have made the greatest contribution to medical science or who has demonstrated public ser ...

. She is also a member of the board of trustees for

Morehouse School of Medicine Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) is an independent and private historically-Black medical school in Atlanta, Georgia. Originally a part of Morehouse College, the school became independent in 1981. History MSM was established at the sugges ...

, a member of the board of directors of the Science Philanthropy Alliance, and a member of the

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's Advisory Committee on Research on Women's Health. Pomeroy joined the faculty at UC Davis in 2003 as executive associate dean. She then served as vice chancellor and dean of the

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from 2005 to her retirement in 2013. In June 2013, she became president of the Lasker Foundation. Pomeroy was elected to the

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in 2011. The

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awarded her an honorary doctorate of science in 2016. She was elected as a fellow of the

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in 2019. Pomeroy has published more than 100 articles and book chapters.

References

External links

Nature Medicine: An interview with Bill and Melinda Gates, Interviewed by Claire Pomeroy
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