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Sharpless is married with two children. Sharpless' wife, Julie Sharpless, worked as a physician and associate professor at the University of North Carolina . Sharpless currently lives in Washington, D.C.
Sharpless married Jan Dueser in 1965 and they have three children. He was blinded in one eye during a lab accident in 1970 where an NMR tube exploded, shortly after he arrived at MIT as an assistant professor.
Dec 7, 2021 · Norman E. “Ned” Sharpless, MD, the 15th director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), says that it was his parents' choice of professions—a pediatrician and a pathologist—that first allowed him to see what a rewarding and vibrant career medicine could be.
- Ashley Hay BSN, RN
- 127, Issue24
- 07 December 2021
Feb 25, 2019 · In this installment of the Living a Full Life series of articles, guest editor Jame Abraham, MD, FACP, interviewed Norman E. Sharpless, MD, Director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Dr. Dr. Sharpless was officially sworn in as the 15th Director of the NCI on October 17, 2017.
Norman E. Sharpless, M.D. Biography. Norman E. Sharpless, M.D. (he/him) Director, National Cancer Institute. r. E. “Ned” Sharpless was officially sworn in as the as of of the Lineberger appointment, of North Comprehensive. Institute (NCI) on Dr. Sharpless Center at the University he held since 2014.
2024 Board of Directors. Norman E. Sharpless, MD Bio. Norman Sharpless, MD, is a physician, scientist, entrepreneur, and former federal official. He served as director of the National Cancer Institute from 2017 to 2022, and as acting commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration in 2019.
Norman E. Sharpless, M.D. (left), joined by his wife, Julie Lund Sharpless, M.D., is sworn in as Director of the National Cancer Institute by the Department of Health and Human Services' Acting Secretary Eric D. Hargan on October 17, 2017.
