Y. A. Hannun

Yusuf A. Hannun is the Ralph F. Hirschmann Professor and Distinguished University Professor of Biomedical Research and the Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Dr. Hannun is an internationally known Researcher in the area of lipids, protein kinases, and signal transduction. His novel contributions to science in the field of lipid biology have opened up a new field of investigation centered on the study of sphingolipids and their roles in cancer biology, inflammation, diabetes, and neurodegeneration. Dr. Hannun received his medical degree from the American University of Beirut and completed a fellowship in hematology/oncology and did postgraduate work in biochemistry at Duke University where he also held faculty positions, culminating in the Wayne Rundles Professorship of Medical Oncology. In 1998, Dr. Hannun joined the Medical University of South Carolina as Chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. He also serves as deputy director of the Hollings Cancer Center. Dr. Hannun has published 360 scientific manuscripts, and he has received numerous national scientific and professional honors, including election as a fellow to the AAAS, election to the AAP and ASCI, the Malinckrodt scholarship, AHA established investigator award, and the Pew scholarship in biomedical sciences. He currently holds multiple grants from the National Institutes of Health and other resources. He is coinvestigator of the five-year, $10.9-million Center for Biomedical Research Excellence in Lipidomics and Pathobiology (COBRE) grant helping scientists gain a better understanding and knowledge of the relationship with fatty molecules and human disease.

Biography Updated on 2 August 2007

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