Michal Toborek

Michal Toborek received his M.D. degree in medicine from Silesian School of Medicine, Katowice, Poland, in 1985. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in biochemistry from Silesian School of Medicine, Katowice, Poland, in 1989. Between 1991 and 1995, he performed his postdoctoral studies at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, on nutrition/cell biology. Since 2005, he has been a Professor at the Department of Neurosurgery, University of Kentucky. He has also been the Associate Chair for research at the Department of Neurosurgery, University of Kentucky, since 2007, and a Professor at Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences and Markey Cancer Center since 2005. Since 2004, he has been a Professor at the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. He was awarded the Excellence in Research Award from the American Heart Association and Anafred N. Halpern Award from the American College of Nutrition in 1996. In 1998 and 2000, he recieved Alexander von Humboldt Research Awards, and in 2003, he was commissioned to the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonel. During 2003–2007, he obtained Wethington Research Awards from the University of Kentucky. He is a Member of the Special Emphasis Study Sections ZRG1 AARR-D, ZAA1 BB, and ZMH1 ERB-S. He is also a Member of the Editorial Boards of Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry (Associate Editor), Journal of American College of Nutrition, Journal of Tissue Research, and Current Nutrition and Food Science. He is also a Member of the American Heart Association, American Institute of Nutrition, American College of Nutrition, Society for Free Radical Research, and International Brain Barriers Society (funding member).

Biography Updated on 18 November 2009

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