EMPLOYMENT
PERSONALIZED MEDICINE COALITION
PRESIDENT
2004–20024
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT FOR FEDERAL RELATIONS
1997–1999
BROWN UNIVERSITY
DIRECTOR, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
1994–1997
CLARK UNIVERSITY
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT /
DIRECTOR, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
1990–1994
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
SENIOR STAFF OFFICER
1987–1990
U.S. CONGRESS
1981–1987
ECONOMIST, JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE
LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT, SENATOR LLOYD BENTSEN
STAFF ASSISTANT, SENATE GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
CONGRESSIONAL FELLOW, HOUSE INTERIOR COMMITTEE
HONORS AND AWARDS
AAAS Congressional Fellowship, 1981 - 1982
EDUCATION
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, Ph.D. in History, 1980
Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, Graduate Study in History, 1971–1973
Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, B.A. in History, 1971
President Emeritus of the Personalized Medicine Coalition (PMC), Edward Abrahams is a writer and consultant.
Representing innovators, scientists, patients, providers, and payers, PMC promotes the understanding and adoption of personalized medicine concepts, services, and products for the benefit of patients and the health system. Under Dr. Abrahams’ leadership, PMC grew from its original 18 founding members and a budget of under $100,000 in 2004 to over 225 members and a budget of over $3 million when he retired from the position at the end of 2024.
Previously, he was Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Biotechnology Association, where he spearheaded the successful effort that led the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s investment of $200 million to commercialize biotechnology in the state. Earlier he had been Assistant Vice President for Federal Relations at the University of Pennsylvania and Director of Government Relations at Brown University.
Dr. Abrahams also worked for seven years for the United States Congress, including as a legislative assistant to Senator Lloyd Bentsen, an economist for the Joint Economic Committee under the chairmanship of Representative Lee Hamilton, and as a AAAS Congressional Fellow for Representative Edward J. Markey.
The author of numerous essays across a wide spectrum of subjects, he also taught history and public policy at Brown University and the University of Pennsylvania and wrote The Lyrical Left: Randolph Bourne, Alfred Stieglitz, and the Origins of Cultural Radicalism in America.