Moses V Chao

Moses V Chao, PhD, BA

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Professor of Cell Biology, Physiology & Neuroscience and Psychiatry New York University Neuroscience & Physiology

New York, New York United States




Bio

Moses V. Chao received his BA degree from Pomona College and his PhD from UCLA in biochemistry. He carried out postdoctoral research at Columbia University with Richard Axel before joining the faculty at Cornell Medical School in 1984. In 1998, he moved to NYU School of Medicine, where he is Professor of Cell Biology, Physiology & Neuroscience and Psychiatry. His laboratory discovered and defined the genes for the Nerve Growth Factor receptor. He was Senior Editor for the Journal of Neuroscience from 2006-2010. He has been Head of the NIH Study Section on Cellular and Molecular Biology of Neurodegeneration and served as Chairman of the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation Scientific Advisory Council; the NICHD Board of Scientific Counselors; and the New York State Spinal Cord Injury Board. He is presently a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the Vollum Institute; the Glaucoma Research Foundation; the Simons Foundation and St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. He is a Fellow of the AAAS and a recipient of a Zenith Award from the Alzheimer’s Association, a Jacob Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award and a Guggenheim Fellowship.
Neuroscience Sub-Discipline
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Disorders of the Nervous System

Awards & Fellowships

Award NameAward Participant StatusEnd Date
Julius Axelrod PrizeWinner12/31/2017

SfN Service History

CommitteeTitleMember Status
Scientific Vision Task ForceMemberPast
Program CommitteeChairpersonPast
Program CommitteeEx OfficioPast
Program CommitteeEx OfficioPast
Program CommitteeMemberPast
Nominating CommitteeMemberPast
Nominating CommitteeChairpersonPast
Neuroscience Policy Working GroupMemberPast
Julius Axelrod Prize Selection CommitteeMemberPast
JNeurosci Editorial BoardReviewing EditorPast
JNeurosci Editorial BoardSenior EditorPast
JNeurosci Editorial BoardSenior EditorPast
Gruber International Award Selection CommitteeMemberPast
Government and Public Affairs CommitteeChairpersonPast
Government and Public Affairs CommitteeIncoming ChairPast
Government and Public Affairs CommitteeLiaisonPast
Executive CommitteeEx OfficioPast
Executive CommitteeChairpersonPast
Executive CommitteeEx OfficioPast
CouncilSecretaryPast
CouncilPast PresidentPast
CouncilPresident ElectPast
CouncilPresidentPast
Committee on CommitteesChairpersonPast
Audit CommitteeEx OfficioPast
Annual Meeting Working GroupMemberPast