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220 MILLENNIUM-SECOND EDITION D r. W. Clark Lambert has spent the duration of his career researching into the complexities and implications of pathology and dermatology. With interests including cellular mechanisms for genomic instability, molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration, and cancer predispositions/DNA repair deficiency syndromes such as xeroderma pigmentosum, Fanconi anemia and Cockayne syndrome, he has shared his research in more than 300 publications in peer-reviewed journals. For the past 40 years, Dr. Lambert has been a professor of pathology at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, having formerly served as an assistant, associate and full professor in the department of pathology and laboratory medicine at the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School for 35 years. He commenced his career at the National Institutes of Health, where he acted as a research associate in the Laboratory of Molecular Genetics in 1971, and is certified in pathology, dermatology, dermatopathology and medical immunology. Dr. Lambert holds a BA fromWesleyan University, and an MD and PhD from Thomas Jefferson University. He also completed a residency in pathology at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center and a residency in dermatology at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Since that time, he has served as an editor of four medical journals and the deputy editor of SKINmed: Dermatology for the Clinician. Among his notable achievements, he is most renowned for discovering a mechanism that causes melanoma, a detection that was published in the Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. The recipient of numerous research grants, Dr. Lambert had the privilege of a research award being named in his honor at Rutgers University. Having become involved in his profession due to his innate curiosity regarding the sciences, he attributes his success to his passion for his profession. He has since propelled himself forward due to his ability to think radically about problems and develop conclusions that incorporate all aspects of pathology. Looking toward the future, he intends to continue teaching at Rutgers and sharing his knowledge with prospective medical professionals. W. CLARK LAMBERT, MD, PHD PROFESSOR OF PATHOLOGY Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey Newark, NJ