Professional Activities:

1/89 - 6/90	Assistant Research Endocrinologist, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of California, San Diego.
7/90 - 6/92	Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of California, San Diego.
7/92 - 6/96	Assistant Professor in Residence, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of California, San Diego.
10/93 - 3/13	Research Career Scientist, Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Diego.
1/95 -12/98	Faculty Member, UCSD/Whittier Program in Diabetes Research, University of California, San Diego
2/96 - pres	Faculty Member, UCSD Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego
7/96 - 6/05	Associate Professor in Residence, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of California, San Diego
7/99 - pres	Research Scientist, Veterans Medical Research Foundation, San Diego
10/99 - 5/00	Visiting Professor, Dept. Endocrinology, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London
7/04 - pres	Director,GeneChip Microarray Core, Veterans Medical Research Foundation, San Diego
7/05 - pres	Professor in Residence, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of California, San Diego
7/08 –6/12	Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Facilities,Office of Research Affairs, University of California, San Diego
7/10 – 6/14	Acting Chief, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego
7/12 – pres	Associate Director for Shared Resources, Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego
4/13 – pres	Senior Research Career Scientist, Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Diego.
7/14 - pres	Chief, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego

Honors & Awards:

Wilson Scholarship in Natural Sciences, St. Catharine's College, Cambridge University, 1978-80.
College Prize, St. Catharine's College, Cambridge University, Awarded successively 1979 and 1980.
The Royal Society European Exchange Fellowship, London, England, 1986 -1988.
Editorial Board, the Biomedical Journal 1994-1996.
Research Grant Review Section, American Diabetes Association, 1995-1998.
Editorial Board, American Journal of Physiology: Cell Physiology  1996-1999.
Young Faculty Award, Western Society for Clinical Investigation  1996.
The Wellcome Trust,  ad hoc grant reviewer, 1996.
Vanderbilt Cancer Center, ad hoc grant reviewer, 1997
Ad hoc Reviewer  for the journals Endocrinology, Clinical Endocrinology, Diabetes,  Molecular Endocrinology, and Molecular Pharmacology, 1996-pres.
Editorial Board, Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1999-2004, 2008-pres.
Israel Science Foundation, ad hoc grant reviewer, 2001.
Institute for the Study of Aging,  Award for Innovative Research, 2006