Edward Scolnick

Dr. Scolnick received his A.B. Degree from Harvard College in 1961 and his M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1965. From 1967-1970, Dr. Scolnick served in several research capacities at the National Heart Institute. In 1970, he joined the National Cancer Institute as a Senior Staff Fellow and held positions of increasing responsibility (Head of the Genetics Section (1971-1975) and Chief, Laboratory of Tumor Virus Genetics and Head of the Molecular Virology Section (1975-1982)). In 1982, Dr. Scolnick joined Merck & Co., Inc., a global research-driven pharmaceutical company, as Executive Director of Basic Research, Virus & Cell Biology Research, of the Company's Research Laboratories, becoming Vice President, Virus and Cell Biology Research in 1983. In 1984, Dr. Scolnick became Senior Vice President, Research, and Senior Vice President of Cell Biology Research. In 1985, Dr. Scolnick became President of Merck Research Laboratories, and Senior Vice President of Merck & Co., Inc., serving in both capacities until his resignation in December 2002, to continue his work as a research scientist. He also served as Executive Vice President, Science & Technology of Merck & Co., Inc. from 1993, and as a Director of Merck & Co., Inc., from 1997, resigning from both positions in December 2002. He recently was appointed directior of the psychiatric disease initiative of the Broad Institute, MIT.