Prof. Eli Y. Adashi, USA

Professor of Medical Science Former Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences The Warren Alpert Medical School Division of Biology and Medicine Brown University Business Address: 272 George Street, Providence, RI 02906 Business Phone: 401 274 4032 E-mail address: Eli_Adashi@brown.edu The former (5th) Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences at Brown University, Dr. Adashi, an academic physician-executive, is a graduate of Tel Aviv University School of Medicine (MD, 1973) and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health program in Health Care Management (MS, 2005). A former president of the Society for Reproductive Endocrinologists (SRE), the Society for Gynecologic Investigation (SGI), and the American Gynecological and Obstetrical Society (AGOS), Dr. Adashi also served as Examiner and Director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG). Dr. Adashi completed residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Tufts University (under the leadership of George W. Mitchell, Jr., MD) (1974- 77). Thereafter, Dr. Adashi pursued fellowship training in the subspecialty of Reproductive Endocrinology and postdoctoral training in reproductive biology at Johns Hopkins University (under the leadership of Georgeanna Seegar Jones, MD and Howard W. Jones, Jr., MD) and at the University of California at San Diego (under the leadership of Aaron J.W. Hsueh, PhD and Samuel S.C. Yen, MD, DSc), respectively (1977-81). Faculty positions were held at the University of Maryland (1981-1996), the University of Utah (1996-2004), and Brown University (2004-present). Prior to joining Brown University, Dr. Adashi was the John A. Dixon Endowed Presidential Professor and Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center (1996-2004) and the founder and leader of the Ovarian Cancer Program of the Huntsman Cancer Research Institute (1999-2004). An elected member of the National Academy of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences (NAM;1999), Dr. Adashi served on the Consensus Committees on Antiprogestins: Assessing the Science (1993), Understanding Premature Birth and Assuring Health Outcomes (2005-2006), Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research (2006-2009), and Women’s Health Research (2008-2012). In addition, Dr. Adashi served as co-chair of the Consensus Committee on Reducing Childbirth Mortality in Indonesia (2012-2013). Dr. Adashi also served as reviewer/review coordinator for 25 NAM reports, as chair of the Maternal & Child Health and Human development (IG-07) interest group (2009-2011), and as a member of the Board on Health Sciences Policy. Mentor to over 50 postdoctoral trainees and fellows, Dr. Adashi is the author or co-author of over 500 peer-reviewed publications and 120 book chapters/reviews in the general areas of reproduction, medicine, science, public health, law, bioethics, and human rights. The editor or co-editor of 16 books, Dr. Adashi’s work has also seen press with the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, the Huffington Post and several other media venues. Multiple academic presentations were delivered in Europe, Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Australia, and South America. Dr. Adashi has been the recipient of continuous National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding from 1985 to 2005 inclusive of a Research Career Development Award. NIH service included but was not limited to membership with the National Council of the National Institute of Child health and Human Development (NICHD) (1997-2001), the Reproductive Endocrinology Study Section (1988-1992), and the Selection Committee of the Reproductive Scientist Development Program (RSDP) (1988-2005). Participation in multiple NIH site visits appears noteworthy as well. Mention is also made of service on degree-granting committees and of multiple ad hoc grant reviewing assignments for the National Science Foundation, the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, Veterans Administration, United States Department of Agriculture, and The Welcome Trust.