Died 2022-04-05.
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Sidney Altman
Sidney Altman was a Canadian-American molecular biologist, who was the Sterling Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and Chemistry at Yale University. In 1989, he shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Thomas R. Cech for their work on the catalytic properties of RNA.
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science · Canadian-American molecular biologist (1939–2022) · chemist · molecular biologist · biochemist · physicist · university teacher · biophysicist · also Sidney Altman, Altman
Born 7 May 1939 · Died 5 April 2022 · Q102266
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2022· 2 entries
In Rockleigh, New Jersey, after a long illness
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2016· 2 entries
Won Lomonosov Gold Medal (2016).
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Published “ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions” in BMJ — cited 15,580 times.
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2011· 1 entry
Published “The Cochrane Collaboration's tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials” in BMJ — cited 28,924 times.
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2009· 4 entries
Published “Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA statement” in BMJ — cited 20,798 times.
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Published “The PRISMA statement for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses of studies that evaluate healthcare interventions: explanation and elaboration” in BMJ — cited 15,361 times.
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Published “Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement” in Annals of Internal Medicine — cited 23,451 times.
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Published “Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement” in PLoS Medicine — cited 58,842 times.
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2008· 1 entry
Published “The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) statement: guidelines for reporting observational studies” in Journal of Clinical Epidemiology — cited 15,407 times.
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2007· 1 entry
Published “The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) statement: guidelines for reporting observational studies” in The Lancet — cited 17,788 times.
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2003· 1 entry
Published “Measuring inconsistency in meta-analyses” in BMJ — cited 52,806 times.
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1989· 4 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry — for their discovery of catalytic properties of RNA.
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Returned to the post of Professor on a full-time basis
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1989).
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Shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Thomas R
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1988· 2 entries
Awarded Rosenstiel Award (1988).
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And a member of both the National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society in 1990
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1986· 1 entry
Published “STATISTICAL METHODS FOR ASSESSING AGREEMENT BETWEEN TWO METHODS OF CLINICAL MEASUREMENT” in The Lancet — cited 37,990 times.
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1985· 1 entry
Became the Dean of Yale College for four years
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1984· 1 entry
Maintaining dual citizenship as a Canadian citizen as well
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1967· 2 entries
With thesis advisor Leonard Lerman; Lerman went in 1967 to Vanderbilt University, where Altman worked briefly as a researcher in molecular biology before leaving for Harvard
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He received his Ph.D. in biophysics from the University of Colorado in 1967 with thesis advisor Leonard Lerman; Lerman went in 1967 to Vanderbilt University, where Altman worked briefly as a researcher in molecular biology before leaving for Harvard.
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1960· 1 entry
Altman spent 18 months as a graduate student in physics at Columbia University
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1939· 2 entries
Born 1939-05-07.
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Altman was born on May 7, 1939, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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