Dr. Flier is dean of the faculty of medicine at Harvard University and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.

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He obtained an undergraduate degree from Ohio Wesleyan University and a medical degree from Harvard Medical School.

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Among the signees are medical professionals from the Harvard School of Public Health, American Cancer Society and University of Illinois at Chicago Division of Pathology Research.

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Pfizer has established CTIs at a variety of places including the University of California, San Francisco, the University of California, San Diego, and Harvard Medical School.

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With little knowledge of English, he entered community college in San Joaquin, later graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, and earned a degree in medicine from Harvard Medical School.

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