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Professor of Pediatrics and Immunology
Baylor College of Medicine Chief
Allergy and Immunology Service
Texas Children's Hospital
| College |
1960 |
BS
- University of Detroit, Detroit, MI |
| 1966 |
PhD
- Wayne State University, Detroit, MI |
| Medical
School |
1970 |
Washington
University, St. Louis, MO |
| Postgraduate
Training |
1966-1967 |
Postdoctoral
Fellowship in Chemistry - Indiana University, Bloomington, IN |
| 1970-1972 |
Internship
& Residency in Pediatrics - St. Louis Children's Hospital, St.
Louis, MO |
| 1972-1974 |
Fellowship
in Allergy & Immunology - Barnes Hospital/St. Louis Children's
Hospital, St. Louis, MO |
| Current
Academic Appointments |
1978 |
Professor
of Pediatrics, Microbiology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine |
| Chief,
Allergy & Immunology Service, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor
College of Medicine |
| 1978 |
Director,
Pediatric HIV Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine |
| Certifications |
1970 |
National
Board of Medical Examiners |
| 1975 |
American
Board of Pediatrics |
| 1975 |
American
Board of Allergy & Immunology |
| 1986 |
Diagnostic
Laboratory Immunology |
| 1986 |
American
Board of Internal Medicine |
| Current
National Offices |
1989 |
Chairman,
Executive Committee, Clinical Trial of Intravenous Gammaglobulin in
HIV-infected Children, NICHHD |
| Chairman,
Study Population/Patient Management Committee/Immunology and Infectious
Diseases Committee, Clinical Centers for the Study of Pediatric Lung
and Heart Complications of HIV Infection, NHLBI |
| Member,
Steering Committee, Clinical Centers for the Study of Pediatric Lung
and Heart Complications of HIV Infection, NHLBI |
| 1994 |
Member,
Publications Committee, Clinical Centers for the Study of Pediatric
Lung and Heart Complications of HIV Infection, NHLBI |
Chair,
Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group Policies and Procedures Subcommittee,
NIAID
NIH Member, Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group Site Evaluation Committee,
NIAID, NIH |
| Member,
WITS Executive Committee, NIAID, NIH |
| Member,
Residency and Review Committee on Allergy and Immunology, Accreditation
Council for Graduate Medical Education |
| Chair,
WITS Publications Committee, NIAID, NIH |
| Elected
Councilor, Clinical Immunology Society |
| Director,
Board of Directors, The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology |
| Editor
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Associate
editor, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology |
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Member,
editorial board, Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology |
| Other
Activities |
1978 |
Clinical
Research Center Advisory Committee, Texas Children's Hospital |
| 1979 |
Director,
Training Program in Allergy & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine |
| 1984 |
Director,
The David Center, Texas Children's Hospital |
| Executive
Committee, Texas Allergy Society |
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Chair,
Policies and Procedures Subcommittee, NIAID Pediatric AIDS Clinical
Trials Group |
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Chair,
Basic and Clinical Immunology Interest Section, AAAAI |
| 2004 |
Appointed
member, NIH Center for Scientific Review, Expert Panel for Cellular
and Mollecular Immunology-B Study Section |
| 2004 |
Reviewer,
Micah Batchelor Award for Excellence in Children's Health Research,
Batchelor Children's Research Institute Foundation |
Dr. Shearer
is Director of the Baylor Pediatric HIV Research Center, funded by several
NIH and private organization grants and contracts. He is a member of the
Leadership Group of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group, which consists of 18 centers in
the United States, all performing clinical trials of antiretroviral agents,
such as protease inhibitors, and immune reagents. He is the Co-Director
of the Center for AIDS Research at Baylor. He is Co-Principal Investigator
of a research study looking at the possible cardiovascular toxicity of
antiretroviral agents in HIV-exposed children. Dr. Shearer also directs
The David Center at Texas Children's Hospital, which diagnoses and treats
children born with congenital immunodeficiencies, offering them immunoreconstitution
with immune reagents and bone marrow stem cells. His basic research focuses
on immunoglobulin, cytokine, and chemokine gene activity in B lymphocytes
exposed to the glycoproteins of infectious agents. Dr. Shearer is also
involved in space immunology research with the National Space Biomedical
Research Institute and has served as Leader of the Team on Immunology,
Infectious Disease, and Hematology.
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