Robert W Harrison

Background

About Robert W Harrison

I am a native Mississippian and a graduate of Tougaloo College and Northwestern University Medical School with postgraduate training in Internal Medicine and subspecialty training in Endocrinology and Metabolism. Past experience includes a 29 year career in academic medicine served at Vanderbilt University, Columbia University, the University of Arkansas and the University of Rochester. During that time, in addition to a clinical practice, I led a laboratory that investigated the basic, molecular mechanisms of steroid hormone action and produced over 50 peer-reviewed papers, review articles and book chapters while being supported by grants from the NIH and Department of Defense. For seven of those years I was an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. At Arkansas and Rochester, I directed the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism and directed weight loss programs. While at the University of Rochester, I conducted several clinical trials including studies of weight loss medications including Sibutramine and Xenical. In 2001, I became an Emeritus Professor of Medicine at the University of Rochester and have since been a consultant on drug development, minority recruitment in clinical trials and an endocrine consultant in product liability litigation. Specialties: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, Drug Development,