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Huda Y. Zoghbi, M.D.
Baylor College of Medicine Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, Departments of Molecular and Human Genetics, Pediatrics, Neurology, and Neuroscience Huda Y. Zoghbi is an internationally renowned physician-scientist and a central figure in the Rett Syndrome research field. She focuses on genetic and cell biology approaches to explore neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental diseases. Zoghbi began her career as a pediatric neurologist but a chance encounter with a young child with Rett Syndrome drew her from clinical practice into the world of genetic research. She went on to discover the gene Math1 and the molecular pathology underlying spinocerebellar ataxia 1. In 1999, after a 16-year search, the Zoghbi lab identified mutations in the MECP2 gene as the cause of Rett Syndrome. Mutations in MECP2 are now being seen in some cases of childhood schizophrenia, classic autism and learning disabilities. She is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and is a member of the National Academy of Science and of the Institute of Medicine. Her many awards include the nation's most distinguished pediatric research award, the E. Mead Johnson Award for Pediatric Research; the Kilby Award for Extraordinary Contributions to Society through Science, Technology, Innovation, Invention, and Education; the Sidney Carter Award, and the Bristol-Myers Squibb Award for Distinguished Achievement in Neuroscience Research. She is on the editorial boards of the journals Science, Neuron, and PloS. Zoghbi studied at the American University of Beirut, Meharry Medical College and Baylor College of Medicine. Resources:  Back
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