Robert Wayne Alexander

Robert Wayne Alexander (born March 19, 1941) is an American biologist and cardiologist known for research in the fields of atherosclerosis, hypertension, and vascular biology.[1]

Robert Wayne Alexander
Born(1941-03-19)March 19, 1941
Memphis, Tennessee
EducationUniversity of Mississippi, Emory University, Duke University School of Medicine
Scientific career
FieldsBiology, Cardiology

Early life and education

Robert Wayne Alexander was born on March 19, 1941 in Memphis, Tennessee.[1] After he graduated high school, Alexander was accepted to the University of Mississippi where he graduated in 1962. Alexander then attended classes at Emory University in Atlanta. While at Emory, Alexander was a regular at the Emory faculty's Saturday Morning Clinical Cardiology at Grady Memorial Hospital. In 1967 he obtained from Emory University his M.S Degree and a year later he obtained his Ph.D.[1] Upon graduation from Emory, Alexander attended Duke University School of Medicine, graduated in 1969, and then began an internship under James Wyngaarden. He would return to Duke in the mid-1970s to complete his cardiology fellowship as a member of the United States Public Health Service. Alexander took up residency at the University of Washington in Seattle which he completed a few years later.[1]

Career

Alexander was the Senior Surgeon at the Experimental Therapeutics Branch of the National Heart and Lung Institute until 1976 when he became a Harvard University faculty member at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital. In 1982, he became an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard. In 1988, he became the R. Bruce Logue Professor of Medicine and Director of the Division of Cardiology at Emory University in Atlanta where he attended years before.[2] He kept all of the college's faculty and he brought in new researchers. Five years later Alexander co-founded Atherogenics Inc. and he served as its director and board member until 2009.[3] Alexander became Emory University's School of Medicine Chair in 1999.[1][4] In 2013, Alexander stepped down as Emory University's department of medicine chairman but he stayed on with the department of cardiology in a faculty role.[5]

Research

Alexander began his research while he studied for his Ph.D. at Emory University in his late teens/early twenties. He published over 250 scientific publications[1] and provided edits for ten books. Alexander has contributed notably to the vascular biology field of study taking it from basic observations to applications which could be applied clinically, including drug development.[1] The editors at Hurst's the Heart selected Alexander as one of the people to contribute to the textbook. Alexander directly has supervised twenty-five postdoctoral fellows. An award at Emory University Atlanta (R. Wayne Alexander Excellence in Research Accomplishment Award) is named after Alexander.[6] Alexander has been a part of organizations such as the American Heart Association. He's been on the editorial board of various journals.[1]

Controversy

In the early 2010s, six of the papers that belonged to Alexander's research group were retracted.[7] Co-author Lian Zuo was blamed for the first of three retracted papers but not for the newer ones which were retracted for image manipulation.[7] The newer retracted published papers were from the early mid 2000s and were in the Journal of Biological Chemistry ,in circulation (one paper), and on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology (two papers).[8]

Personal life

In 1971, Alexander married Jane Mansfield Woods and they have three children together.[1][9]

References
  1. Hurst, J. Willis (2007). "Robert Wayne Alexander". Clinical Cardiology. 30 (11): 581–582. doi:10.1002/clc.20133. PMC 6652906. PMID 18000973.
  2. "Brad Berk on gut-instinct, decisions". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  3. "R. Wayne Alexander M.D Ph.D Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomberg. Bloomberg. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  4. "Physicians' group studies liver treatments, drugs -". Biz Journals (Atlanta Business Chronicle). Biz Journals (Atlanta Business Chronicle). Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  5. "Anti-aging tricks from dietary supplement seen in mice". Science Daily. Science Daily. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  6. "Congratulations to our 2016 Faculty Award winners". Emory Daily Pulse. Emory Daily Pulse. 2016-06-22. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  7. "3 More Retractions For Emory Cardiology Group". Forbes. Forbes. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  8. "Scientific Fraud Found In Wayne Alexander's Research Group At Emory". Cardio Brief. Cardio Brief. 2011-04-27. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  9. "Elizabeth Caudell and David Alexander". Brunswick News. Brunswick News. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
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