FORA.tv Speaker - Peter Agre

Peter C. Agre, winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, is Vice Chancellor for Science and Technology at Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Agre received the Nobel for discovering the long-searched-for mechanism by which water passes through cell membranes, which he and a colleague documented in a 1992 paper in the journal Science. In his post at Duke, Dr. Agre plays a leading role in guiding the development of the university’s medical science research enterprise, including assessing global health care needs and ensuring that Duke is positioned to address them. Dr. Agre received his MD from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 1974, took a residency at Case Western Reserve University and later a fellowship at UNC-Chapel Hill. In 1984, he returned to Johns Hopkins, where he progressed among the ranks of the faculty and ultimately was appointed as a full professor in the department of biological chemistry.