R. Preston Mason, MBA, PhD, is on the faculty of the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, at the Harvard Medical School-affiliated Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. He is also President and Founder of Elucida Research LLC, a private biotechnology firm, in Beverly, Massachusetts.

        Dr. Mason completed his graduate studies in cell biology and biophysics at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine (MD/PhD predoctoral fellowship). After a 1-year postdoctoral fellowship funded by the American Heart Association, he joined the faculty at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine in 1991. In 1994, he relocated to Pennsylvania where he joined the faculty of MCP Hahnemann University School of Medicine as Associate Professor of Biochemistry until he returned to New England in 2001. Dr Mason's research interests include the biophysics of cell membrane and lipoprotein metabolism, molecular pharmacology, calcium transport mechanisms, and vascular cell membrane alterations during atherogenesis. A frequent lecturer at national and international meetings and academic seminars, Dr. Mason has written or co-authored more than 100 articles, book chapters, and abstracts.