Dr. Griffith obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Biochemistry from
the University of California, Berkeley and his Doctorate degree from
The Rockefeller University. The latter was awarded in 1975 for
studies on the role of covalent enzyme-substrate intermediates in
transferase reactions. Dr. Griffith's postdoctoral training was in the
Department of Biochemistry, Cornell University Medical College, where
he later joined the faculty in 1978 and achieved the rank of professor
in 1987. In 1992, Dr. Griffith was appointed as Professor and Chairman of the
Department of Biochemistry at the Medical College of Wisconsin, and he served
in that capacity until 2001. At that time, Dr. Griffith stepped down as Chair
to have more time to develop ArgiNOx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotech company
that he started with 3 partners. Dr. Griffith remains a Professor of Biochemistry
at the Medical College. His work continues to focus on the elucidation of enzyme
mechanisms and the use of such information to design enzyme-specific substrates and
inhibitors suitable for probing and controlling metabolic pathways in vivo.
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