POLLACK, Robert (Elliot)

POLLACK, Robert (Elliot). American, b. 1940. Genres: Medicine/Health, Psychiatry, Sciences, Theology/Religion. Career: New York University Medical Center, NYC, instructor, 1968-69, assistant professor, 1969-70; State University of New York at Stony Brook School of Medicine, NY, adjunct assistant professor, 1971-75, associate professor, 1975-77, professor, 1977-78; Columbia University, NYC, professor, 1978-, dean of Columbia College, 1982-89. Laboratory researcher funded by agencies including the National Institutes of Health, the National Cancer Institute, and the National Science Foundation, 1966-93; Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, senior scientist, 1971- 75, director of summer program, 1972-74; Albert Einstein College of Medicine, visiting associate professor, 1977-93; Dartmouth College, visiting scholar, summer, 1988, 1989-90, 1993; advisory board member for scientific, educational, and civic organizations; editorial board member for publications. Publications: (with S. Pfeiffer) Animal Cell Culture Cell Manual, 1970; (ed. with S. Hellman and M. Oxman) Biohazards in Biological Research, 1973; (ed.) Readings in Mammalian Cell Culture, 1973, rev. ed., 1981; Signs of Life: The Language and Meanings of DNA, 1994; The Missing Moment: How the Unconscious Shapes Modern Science, 1999; The Faith of Biology and the Biology of Faith, 2000. Contributor to periodicals. Address: Department of Biological Sciences, 749 Fairchild Bldg. M.C. 2419, 1212 Amsterdam Ave., Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, U.S.A. Online address: pollack@columbia.edu