Randal J. Kaufman

Randal J. Kaufman is the director and a professor of the Degenerative Diseases Program, Neuroscience and Aging Center at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute and an adjunct professor in the Department of Pharmacology at the UC San Diego School of Medicine.

Biography Kaufman received his BA at the University of Colorado and went on to obtain his Ph.D. in pharmacology at Stanford University and undertook postdoctoral studies at the Center for Cancer Research at M.I.T., where he was a Helen Hay Whitney postdoctoral fellow with Nobel laureate Phillip Allen Sharp.

Awards and honors 1993: Dr. Murray Thelin Award, National Hemophilia Foundation 1998: International Association Francaise Des Hemophiles Award, "Prix Henri Chaigneau" 1999: Investigator Recognition Award, Intl. Soc. Thrombosis & Haemostasis (ISTH) 2000: Distinguished Investigator Award-MI Hemophilia Society 2003: Van Wezel Prize, European Society of Animal Cell Technology (ESACT) 2006: Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 2007-2017: NIH NIDDK MERIT Award 2014, 2015: Thomson Reuters World's Most Influential Scientific Minds in Biochemistry & Biology 2015: Society for Free Radical Research (SFRR), Clinical Science Award 2016: Endowed Chair in Cell Biology. SBP Medical Discovery Institute 2021: Clarivate's Web of Science Group of Highly Cited Researchers 2022: Research.com “Best Scientist Award” 2023: Research.com “Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award”