Joseph Randall Moorman
American Physician-Scientist
Joseph Randall Moorman (born April 4, 1953) is an American physician-scientist. He is bicentennial Professor of Advanced Medical Analytics at the University of Virginia School of Medicine.
Early life and education
Moorman is the younger son of Ruth, classicist and professor at the University of Southern Mississippi, and Charles W. Moorman III, medievalist and dean at the University of Southern Mississippi. His brother is former Norfolk Southern and Amtrak CEO Charles Moorman.
Moorman grew up in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Mississippi and his M.D. from University of Mississippi School of Medicine. In 1978, Moorman began his medical internship at Duke University Medical Center, where he served as Chief Resident from 1982-1983 and Cardiology Fellow from 1983-1985. He then finished his post-doctoral research training in membrane biophysics and molecular electrophysiology at Baylor University.
Career and research
From 1985-1990, Moorman was Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch and worked in the laboratory of Arthur M. Brown at Baylor College of Medicine.
In 1990, he joined the faculty of the University of Virginia School of Medicine.
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