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Daniel H. Geschwind |
Principal Investigator
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2309 The Gonda (Goldschmied) Neuroscience and Genetics Research Center
695 Charles E. Young Dr. South
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Los Angeles |
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CA |
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90095-1761 |
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Telephone: |
310 794-7537 |
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310 267-2401 |
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Dr. Daniel Geschwind is the Gordon and Virginia MacDonald Distinguished Chair in Human Genetics and is a professor of neurology and psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine. He is director of the Neurogenetics Program and the Center for Autism Research and Treatment (CART) and co-director of the Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics at UCLA. Dr. Geschwind obtained an A.B. in psychology and chemistry at Dartmouth College and his M.D./Ph.D. at Yale School of Medicine prior to completing his internship, residency, and postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA. He joined the UCLA faculty in 1997. Link to biosketch
In addition to his research, Dr. Geschwind is active on the scientific advisory boards of the March of Dimes (Committee C), Cure Autism Now Foundation (now Autism Speaks), Faculty of 1000 Medicine, the Society for Neuroscience Program Committee and the NIMH Scientific Advisory Council. He received the Derek Denny-Brown Neurological Scholar Award from the American Neurological Association in 2004 and the Scientific Service Award from Autism Speaks in 2008. |
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