Harvey B. Pollard, MD, PhD

Dr. Harvey B. Pollard received his undergraduate degree from Rice University, and his MD and PhD degrees from the University of Chicago. Following postdoctoral training with Dr. Christian B. Anfinsen at the NIH, and then with Professors David Phillips and Louise Johnson at Oxford University, Dr. Pollard returned to the NIH in the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS), eventually becoming intramural Chief of the Laboratory of Pathology, and then the Laboratory of Cell Biology and Genetics, NIDDK. Dr. Pollard subsequently moved across Wisconsin Avenue to become Chair of the Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics, in the Uniformed Services University School of Medicine, Bethesda, MD. Dr. Pollard’s principal hypothesis-driven research focus has been on the genetics of calcium signaling in the brain, traumatic brain injury, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and the role of downstream pro-inflammatory signaling as a mediator of tissue injury, both centrally and peripherally. Dr. Pollard is the Director of the USU Center for Medical Proteomics, sponsored originally by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI). He is currently also the Director of the Collaborative Health Initiative Research Program (CHIRP), a whole genome sequencing (WGS) program of investigation, jointly sponsored by NHLBI and the Department of Defense. The goal is to develop “precision medicine” as an aid to diagnosis and treatment of disorders of common interest in both civilian and military disease cohorts. Dr. Pollard has received the NIH Inventor’s Award; and has authored over 300 peer reviewed papers and numerous invited chapters.