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C.Thomas Caskey, MD, FACP, is the director and chief operating officer of the Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine and the executive vice president of molecular medicine and genetics at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston. After graduating from the University of South Carolina and Duke University Medical School, Dr. Caskey began a career in medical research that has spanned more than 40 years. During that time, he has held positions with the NIH, NHLBI, and the Baylor College of Medicine. In 1994, he joined Merck Research Laboratories as senior vice president of research and president of the Merck Genome Research Institute. He returned to Houston in 2000 to become founding director and chief executive officer of Cogene Biotech Ventures and Cogene Ventures. Dr. Caskey serves on the boards of several corporations as well as serving as a member of the Science Review Panel for the US Food and Drug Administration. He belongs to numerous scientific organizations and has merited a number of awards for his work and dedication to science. | 