Bert W. O'Malley, M.D.

Dr. O'Malley is Tom Thompson Distinguished Service Professor and Chairman of the Department of Cell Biology at Baylor College of Medicine and Director of the Baylor Center for Reproductive Biology. Dr. O'Malley has authored over 400 scientific publications related primarily to studies of the molecular mechanism of steroid hormone action, hormone receptors, reproductive hormone regulation of synthesis of nucleic acids and specific proteins, and the organization, structure and regulation of expression of specific eucaryotic genes. He is the recipient of three honorary degrees, a member of the National Academy of Sciences and has received numerous awards including the Borden Award, Dickson Prize, Oppenheimer Award, Fred Conrad Koch Medal and the D.R. Edwards Medal. Dr. O'Malley obtained his M.D. degree from the University of Pittsburgh and has received honorary doctorates from the New York Medical College and the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden.