February 7, 2008
C. Ronald Scott Lecture Series in Biochemical Genetics Feb. 21
Dr. William Gahl, clinical director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), will give the inaugural lecture for the C. Ronald Scott Lecture Series in Biochemical Genetics, at 8 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 21, in Wright Auditorium, Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center. His lecture is titled Therapy for Metabolic Disorders.
Gahl is also senior investigator in the Medical Genetics Branch and head of the Human Biochemical Genetics Section of the National Human Genome Research Institute, which is part of the National Institutes of Health.
He studies rare inborn errors of metabolism through the observation and treatment of patients in the clinic and through biochemical, molecular biological, and cell biological investigations in the laboratory. His group focuses on a number of disorders, including cystinosis, Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome, alkaptonuria, and sialic acid diseases.
The National Human Genome Research Institute Office of the Clinical Director (OCD) is committed to supporting world-class clinical research and enhancing the education of genetics investigators at all levels. At the heart of the OCD mission is the challenge of finding new and better ways to help patients affected by genetic disorders. To that end, the office provides oversight and guidance to NHGRI scientists working to develop better diagnostic methods, innovative therapeutic approaches and improved medical management strategies for genetic disorders.
The new biochemical genetics lecture series of the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Genetics and Developmental Medicine honors Dr.C. Ronald Scott for his more than 40 years of service to UW, Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, and families with metabolic diseases. Scott, professor of pediatrics and adjunct professor of medicine, is co-director of the Genetics Program, University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities. The C. Ronald Scott Lecture Series is funded by a gift from The Yuhan Foundation, Seoul, Korea.
