Seymour Ehrenpreis
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Seymour Ehrenpreis has a PhD in biochemistry
and was the chairman of the pharmacology
department of Chicago Medical School
for a couple of years. He has patents on a number of medications including D-phenylalanine (DPA), a treatment for various kinds of chronic pain
. He was previously on the faculty of the University of Chicago Medical School. In the 1960s Ehrenpreis was on the faculty of the Georgetown University Medical Center
. Ehrenpreis was the Burger Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Virginia
from 1965-1966.
Ehrenpreis is married to the former Bella Goodman. Their son Eli Ehrenpreis has co-authored two books with his father.
Biochemistry
Biochemistry, sometimes called biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes in living organisms, including, but not limited to, living matter. Biochemistry governs all living organisms and living processes...
and was the chairman of the pharmacology
Pharmacology
Pharmacology is the branch of medicine and biology concerned with the study of drug action. More specifically, it is the study of the interactions that occur between a living organism and chemicals that affect normal or abnormal biochemical function...
department of Chicago Medical School
Chicago Medical School
The Chicago Medical School is one of the graduate schools of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. Founded in 1912, The Chicago Medical School has nearly a 100 year history of a broadly-based socially constructive admission process relatively unlike that of other medical colleges....
for a couple of years. He has patents on a number of medications including D-phenylalanine (DPA), a treatment for various kinds of chronic pain
Chronic pain
Chronic pain has several different meanings in medicine. Traditionally, the distinction between acute and chronic pain has relied upon an arbitrary interval of time from onset; the two most commonly used markers being 3 months and 6 months since the initiation of pain, though some theorists and...
. He was previously on the faculty of the University of Chicago Medical School. In the 1960s Ehrenpreis was on the faculty of the Georgetown University Medical Center
Georgetown University Medical Center
Georgetown University Medical Center is the medical campus at Georgetown University. It is also a $225 million biomedical research and educational organization. The Medical Center contains over 80% of Georgetown University's sponsored research funding and is led by Howard J...
. Ehrenpreis was the Burger Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Virginia
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...
from 1965-1966.
Ehrenpreis is married to the former Bella Goodman. Their son Eli Ehrenpreis has co-authored two books with his father.