Paul J. Davis
Professor
Albany Medical College
USA
Biography
Dr. Davis obtained the M.D. degree at Harvard Medical School and had his internal medicine clinical and endocrine research training, respectively, at Albert Einstein College of Medicine (NY) and the NIH. He has served in a number of senior administrative positions in academic institutions and in national societies. His research is focused on the molecular mechanisms of thyroid hormone actions. He has co-authored 275 research publications and 40 textbook chapters; he has co-edited four textbooks. He and colleague S.A. Mousa described the cell surface receptor for thyroid hormone on integrin αvβ3. They also co-founded NanoPharmaceuticals LLC (Rensselaer, NY).
Research Interest
Molecular basis of actions of thyroid hormone in cancer and endothelial cells