Our laboratory is interested in the interplay of the environment and the genome in early human development and our current research utilizes zebrafish as a model for understanding human disease, environmental adaptation and evolutionary biodiversity.

Biography

Jonathan Gitlin is a Senior Scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory. He received his B.S. and M.D. from the University of Pittsburgh and completed his residency and fellowship training at Boston Children's Hospital. Prior to joining the MBL he was on the faculty at Harvard Medical School, Washington University School of Medicine and Vanderbilt University where he served as the James C. Overall Professor & Chair of the Department of Pediatrics. He is interested in the interplay of the environment and the genome in early human development and his research utilizes zebrafish as a model for understanding human disease, environmental adaptation and evolutionary biodiversity. Dr. Gitlin is the author of more than 150 papers and has received numerous professional honors including the E. Mead Johnson Award for Excellence in Research, Chancellor's Hartwell Prize from Washington University and an NIH Merit Award. He is a fellow of the AAAS and a member of the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine.

Awards

1974 McElroy Award in Biochemistry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
1977 Heard Award in Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
1978 Richard L. Day Award in Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
1978 Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
1978 I. Arthur Mirsky Award for Student Research, Univ. of Pitt. School of Medicine
1986 Pfizer New Faculty Scholars Award in Rheumatology
1987 Regina Loeb Award of National Arthritis Foundation
1992 Distinguished Teaching Service Award, Washington Univ. School of Medicine
1996 Burroughs-Wellcome Scholar Award in Experimental Therapeutics
1998 E. Mead Johnson Award for Research, Society for Pediatric Research
1999 Clinical Teacher of the Year Award, Washington University School of Medicine
2000 Samuel Rosenthal Foundation Award for Excellence in Academic Pediatrics
2001 George Eastman Cartwright Award, University of Utah School of Medicine
2002 Howard Rappaport Memorial Lecture, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
2003 University Lecture, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
2005 Chancellor's Hartwell Prize for Innovative Research, Washington University
2006 MERIT Award, National Institutes of Health, NIDDK
2007 Griffith Visiting Professorship, Indiana University School of Medicine
2007 Mary Shorb Medal in Nutrition, University of Maryland, College Park
2007 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
2011 Elected Member, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences
2013 Recipient of University of Pittsburgh 225th Anniversary Medallion

Affiliations

1984- American Society for Cell Biology
1986- American Association for the Advancement of Science (elected Fellow 2007)
1988- Society for Pediatric Research
1995- American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
1995- American Society for Clinical Investigation
1996- American Pediatric Society
1999- Association of American Physicians
2011- Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences