Disclaimer:  The following information is drawn from materials prepared by candidates for promotion to full professor.  It is intended to illustrate activities and materials that might support promotion.  In using these materials, please note the following:

               *The Provost (and, in some cases, the President) are the University officers authorized to approve promotions.  All levels of review below these officers are advisory.

               *Only Departments are empowered to propose promotions, and the Divisional Dean is charged with transmitting such proposals to the Provost or returning them to the Department.

*The judgment of the Department, Dean, and Provost will therefore be critical to assessing qualification for promotion.

               *Materials considered by the Department, Dean, and Provost will also (and always) include confidential evaluations obtained from outside the University.  Materials considered by the Provost will include the confidential evaluations of the Dean and Department, and those considered by the Dean will include the confidential evaluations of the Department.

               *Thus, the following materials are ONLY PART of a complete proposal for promotion, whereas promotion is based on the ENTIRE proposal.   Therefore, it should not be assumed that a record comparable to that below will necessarily result in promotion, or that a record not comparable to that below will fail to result in promotion.  The Departmental Chair is likely to be the best source of advice as to whether promotion is feasible and, when it is not, what additional activity may result in qualification for promotion.

               *This document has been prepared as a tool for use by associate professors in the Division of the Biological Sciences.  Other individuals who may find it informative are Department Chairmen, Section Heads, Committee Chairmen, senior faculty and potential recruits.  Its intent is to help guide individuals and their departments as they think about promotion to Professor.  This document is not intended to list the elements that every promotion proposal will be expected to address.  The following information is presented for information purposes only and is not intended to create any contract or agreement, and its contents are subject to addition, deletion, and change without prior notice.

Name:

Robert K. Ho, B.S.; M.S.; Ph.D.;

 

Department of Primary Appointment:

Organismal Biology and Anatomy

 

Departments or Committees in which you have secondary appointments:

Committee on Developmental Biology

Committee on Genetics

Committee on Evolutionary Biology

 

Proposed rank:

PROFESSOR

 

Proposed track:

RESEARCH SCHOLAR (TENURE)

LAY SUMMARY:

Dr. Ho is a leading scientist in the area of Developmental Biology. Since promotion to Associate Professor, Dr. HoÕs research has focused on the mechanisms that regulate the development of the vertebrate body plan. His seminal discoveries have important basic-scientific as well as clinical implications that are at the Forefront of Medicine:

 

Dr. Ho discovered the roles of various master genes that specify the identity of large regions of the embryonic body plan. His discoveries led to the identification of the molecular basis that underlies the embryologic development of limbs and body segments. These findings provided first mechanistic insights into various forms of human birth-defects. More recently Dr. Ho has also identified the molecular basis and the relevant cellular interactions that lead to the formation of red blood cells. These contributions provide novel and unexpected insights into various forms of human cancer and genetic blood disorders.

 

Dr. Ho plays a major role in the DepartmentÕs teaching mission. He teaches Developmental Biology in the College, trains graduate and postdoctoral researchers. Six of his students have obtained prestigious faculty positions in the US, Canada and in Europe. Dr. HoÕs service work to the University has included heading the IACUC and leading the successful search for Junior Faculty in Evolutionary Developmental Biology.

Awards:

Rita Allen Foundation Scholar Award: 1996-2001

Basil OÕConner Starter Scholar Award: 1995-1998

Helen Hay Whitney Fellowship: 1989-1991

 

Editorial Review Boards: (presently)

Developmental  Dynamics

Journal of Neurobiology

Mechanisms of Development

 

Study Panels:

NASA Space Biology Program,  former member of review panel

 

NSF former member of review panel on Developmental Mechanisms Cluster (1993-1998)

 

NIH:

Ad hoc reviewer for various NIH study sections: Regularly, on average twice a year since 1993.

 

Permanent member ÒDevelopmental Biology SubcommitteeÓ for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Council

 

International Grants: Wellcome Trust, UK

PRESENTATIONS

I admit that this is a partial list based upon very faulty memory

 

 

 

Invited Talks at Meetings or Symposia (since 1993):

 

1993-94:           Federation for American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)

Society for Developmental Biology, National Meeting

Society for Developmental Biology, Southeast Regional Meeting

Taniguchi Symposium, Quindou, China

 

1995-96:           Society for Developmental Biology, National Meeting

Society for Developmental Biology, Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting

National Research Council Colloquium on Developmental Biology

 

1996-97:           Society for Developmental Biology, National Meeting

 

1997-98:           National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Workshop

2002-03:          Society For Developmental  Biology, Midwest Regional Meeting

 

2004-05:          Society for Developmental Biology,  National Meeting

 

2005-06:          Society for Developmental Biology, National Meeting

 

                        

 

 

Invited Departmental Seminars (since 1993):

 

1993-94:           University of California at Berkeley

                              California Institute of Technology

                              Rockefeller University

                              New York Medical College

                              University of Michigan

                              University of Southern California

                              Carnegie Institute of Washington, Baltimore MD

 

1994-95:           Columbia University

                              University of Pennslyvania, Hershey, PA

 

1995-96:           Rutgers Univeristy, Wakesman Institute

                              New Jersey College of Physicians and Dentistry

                              University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

 

1996-97:           New York University, Skirball Institute

                              Columbia University

                              University of Miami, FL

 

1998-99:           University of Wisconsin

                        University of Chicago

 

2002-03           Duke University

 

2005-06           Washington University

                         University of Georgia Symposium

 

 

 

Meetings Organized and/or Chaired (since 1993):

 

1993-94:          First International Zebrafish Meeting

 

1994-95:           Society of Developmental Biology, West Coast Regional Meeting

                              Society for Developmental Biology, Northeast Regional Meeting

 

1995-96:           Society for Chinese Biophysicists Association, (unable to attend)

                        Society for Developmental Biology, Mid-Atlantic Regional meeting

 

1996-97            Mid-Atlantic Zebrafish Regional Meeting (organizer)

 

2002-03           Society for Developmental Biology,  Midwest Regional Meeting

                        Midwest Regional  Zebrafish Meeting (organizer)