Alfred G. Gilman, M.D., Ph.D. was Regental Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology at UT Southwestern. He shared the 1994 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Martin Rodbell for their discovery of 'G proteins.' This discovery led to a more complete understanding of how cells receive signals and respond to external stimuli. Dr. Gilman served as Dean of Southwestern Medical School from 2005 to 2009, and in 2005 he became Executive Vice-President for Academic Affairs and Provost of UT Southwestern. Dr. Gilman was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1985 and to the Institute of Medicine in 1989. Also in 1989, he received the prestigious Lasker Award in Basic Medical Research. He was well known for his editorship of the best-selling medical textbook 'The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics', often called 'Goodman and Gilman' after the names of its editors. Dr. Gilman received his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees in Pharmacology from Case Western Reserve University in 1969. He came to UT Southwestern in 1981 as Chair of the Pharmacology Department.
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