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Dr.

Nancy Sabin Wexler

Columbia University Medical Center
Neuroscientist; Psychologist; Educator; Government research agency administrator; Foundation executive
Area
Biological Sciences
Specialty
Neurosciences
Elected
2005
Genetic research discovered the families needed to identify the Huntington's disease gene-the first human disease-causing gene identified using DNA markers. As founding chairperson of the Human Genome Project's Ethical, Legal and Social Issues Working Group united diverse constituencies behind sound public policies for genetic research.
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