Faculty | Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics | Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

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Alexander Steven Whitehead, D.Phil.

Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology

Associate Member, Institute for Human Gene Therapy, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Director, Center for Pharmacogenetics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

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Department: Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics

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Department of Pharmacology
23 Center for Pharmacogenetics
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3a 3620 Hamilton Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6084

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Email:
aswhiteh@mail.med.upenn.edu

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13 Education:
21 a B.Sc. 14 (Zoology) c
43 Edinburgh University (First Class Honours), 1977.
21 a DPhil 26 (Biochemistry and Genetics) c
2a Oxford University, 1982.
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Description of Research Expertise

39 Professor Whitehead's research involves:
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54 1. Biosynthetic control and molecular genetics of major acute phase proteins
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33 2. Mechanisms and mediators of inflammation
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a9 3. Inherited defects of folate metabolism and their role in hyper-homocysteinemia, cardiovascular disease, neural tube defects, and other pathological conditions
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90 4. Pharmacogenetics of commonly prescribed drugs that target, or interact with, components controlling homocysteine and folate metabolism
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