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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
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NAME
POSITION TITLE
James A. Hamilton
Professor of Physiology and Biophysics
eRA COMMONS USER NAME
EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, and include postdoctoral training.)
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION
Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
DEGREE
(if applicable)
YEAR(s)
B.S.
Ph.D.
1969
1974
FIELD OF STUDY
Chemistry
Biochemistry
Positions and Employment
1974-1975
Postdoctoral research Associate and Assistant Professor of continuing Education
1976-1978
NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Indiana University
1978-present Director of NMR Facility, Biophysics Institute/Department, Boston University School of
Medicine
1978-1985
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, BUSM
1978-1985
Assistant Research Professor of Medicine, BUSM
1986-present Associate Research Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry, BUSM
1991-2000
Professor of Biophysics, BUSM
2000-present Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, BUSM
2000-present
Director of Center for High Field NMR and Imaging, BUSM
2006-present
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Other Experience and Professional Memberships
 Member, Biophysical Society
 Founding Organizer, International Workshops on Brain Uptake and Utilization of Fatty Acids:
Applications to Neurological diseases, 2001, 2004.
 Founding member, Boston University Obesity Center
Recent Honors
 BUMed Evans day 2006: First and second prize, basic science posters.
 ISMRM (International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Imaging) 2007: First prize,
Cardiovascular imaging poster
 Wallace H Coulter Translational Partners Grant Award, 2007
 Brom and Sunstein “Ignition” Award for commercializable research, 2008
 Avanti Lipid Award (Biophysical Society), 2010
 CARIM lecture, ISSFAL Meeting, Maastricht 2010
 Outstanding Science Alumni Award, Juniata College, 2011