One of the oldest and most prestigious scientific societies, the organization was founded in 1903 and has more than 2,000 members worldwide. It represents the interests of clinical and basic science investigators and encourages the exchange of scientific information among disciplines.

Blake, who is internationally recognized as a reproductive neuroendocrinologist, will serve as president-elect for two years, president for two years, and officially as past president for two years. He is a former editorial board member of the society's peer-reviewed journal, Experimental Biology and Medicine, and former secretary of the society, during which time he established the SEBM Endowment Fund.

A professor in the School of Medicine's Department of Cell and Developmental Biology and Anatomy, Blake earned his bachelor's degree from Brown University and doctoral degree from UCLA. He was a faculty member at the Duke University School of Medicine and the University of Nebraska Medical Center and a visiting professor at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, before joining the School of Medicine faculty in 1986.

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