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Dr. Steinman is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Steinman's work has focused on the coordination of hematopoietic differentiation and cell cycle control, including a "hot paper" in cancer genetics on the p21WAF1 protein. Working with Dr. Mark Nichols, he has developed a random library-based method of RNAi. Dr. Steinman received his B.S. with Honors in Chemistry from Haverford College and his M.D. and Ph.D. (Biochemistry) degrees from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Steinman also completed a residency in Internal Medicine at Presbyterian University Hospital in Pittsburgh. His postdoctoral work focused on G-CSF signaling and uncovered autoregulation of the G-CSF receptor and its suppression by leukemic oncoproteins. In 1992 he joined the faculty of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine as Assistant Professor of Medicine. He has received numerous awards for his research, teaching and clinical work including a commendation by the Pennsylvania State Senate and was a delegate to the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize ceremonies. Dr. Steinman has received ongoing research support from the National Institutes of Health, as well as research grants from the American Cancer Society, American Institute for Cancer Research, and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. | 