Alan Saltiel Elected to Institute of Medicine

U-M Life Sciences Institute Director Alan R. Saltiel, professor of internal medicine and of physiology in the Medical School and the John Jacob Abel Collegiate Professor of the Life Sciences, is one of 64 new members elected to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies. He is the 29th IOM member from the University of Michigan.

With their election, members commit to devote a significant amount of volunteer time as members of IOM committees, which engage in a broad range of studies on health policy issues.

Saltiel researches the molecular and cellular biology of the actions of insulin and growth factors. His lab staff uncovered the importance of spatial compartmentalization in signal transduction, cloned and characterized the first molecular scaffolding proteins, and identified key pathways in the regulation of glucose metabolism. Saltiel also discovered a molecule that became a template for a new anti-cancer drug. He was ranked 20th among the most highly cited authors in biology and biochemistry during the past 10 years.

—contributed by Robin Stephenson

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