Ferid Murad
Ferid Murad (September 14, 1936 – September 4, 2023) was an American physician and pharmacologist, and a co-winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Ferid Murad | |
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Murad at a lecture in 2008 | |
| Born | September 14, 1936 Whiting, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | September 4, 2023 (aged 86) Menlo Park, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | DePauw University (BS, 1958) and Case Western Reserve University (MD-PhD, 1965) |
| Known for | Discoveries concerning cyclic GMP as a signaling molecule in the cardiovascular system |
| Spouse | Carol A. Leopold |
| Children | 5 |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1998) and the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1996) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry, Pharmacology |
| Institutions | University of Virginia (1970–81), Stanford University (1981–88), Northwestern University (1988–1998), Abbott Laboratories (1988–93), University of Texas Medical School at Houston (1997–2011), George Washington University (2011–2017), Palo Alto VA Medical Center (2017–2023) |
| Doctoral advisor | Earl Sutherland, Jr. and Theodore Rall |
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