HOUSTON -- (January 30, 2008) -- The Baylor College of Medicine Board of Trustees has named Dr. Timothy G. Palzkill as chair of pharmacology.

Palzkill has served as interim chair of the department since July 2007.

He received his undergraduate degree from Creighton University in Nebraska, and holds a doctorate in genetics from the University of Iowa. Palzkill completed two years of postdoctoral work at Genentech Inc. and another two years at Stanford University.

Since joining the BCM faculty in 1991 as an assistant professor of molecular virology and microbiology and immunology, Palzkill has received numerous awards and honors. They include the American Society for Microbiology Vector Laboratories Young Investigator Award and a MERIT Award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Palzkill is also a professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at BCM.

Palzkill's research interests include the role of beta-lactamase mutations in antibiotic resistance and functional genomics study of treponema pallidum which is the causative agent of syphilis.

The appointment is effective immediately.

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