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ABOUT
Huda Y. Zoghbi is an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and a professor of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston where she also is a professor of Molecular and Human Genetics, Neurology, Neuroscience, and faculty in the Developmental Biology, Cell and Molecular Biology, and Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine Graduate Programs.
A specialist in the study of development and neurogenetics, her work has encompassed many neurological disorders including the inherited degenerative balance disorders (spinocerebellar ataxias) and autism spectrum disorders such as Rett syndrome. The lab also investigates key and basic developmental questions about neuronal differentiation and development of the auditory and proprioceptive sensory system.
EDUCATION
Dr. Zoghbi was born in Beirut, Lebanon where she attended the American University of Beirut for her undergraduate studies. She began medical school at AUB only to have her plans interrupted during her sophomore year when she was visiting family in the U.S. and could not return to Lebanon due to an escalating civil war. She transferred to Meharry Medical College where she graduated in 1979. Dr. Zoghbi then came to Baylor College of Medicine where she completed residency training in pediatrics and neurology and encountered her first Rett syndrome patient as a resident in 1983. Her patients, particularly those with Rett syndrome, inspired her to pursue research training in molecular genetics. She trained with Dr. Arthur L. Beaudet in the Department of Molecular and Human Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine. Upon completion of her training in 1988, she joined the faculty of Baylor College of Medicine as an assistant professor.
SERVICE
Dr. Zoghbi is a member of several professional organizations and serves on the editorial boards of numerous prominent journals. She also serves on several scientific advisory panels including NINDS advisory council and the McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience.
SELECTED MEMBERSHIPS
Institute of Medicine
American Association for the Advancement of Science
National Academy of Science
PERSONAL
Dr. Huda Zoghbi is married to Dr. William Zoghbi, Professor of Cardiology, DeBakey Heart Center, at the Methodist Hospital, and is the proud mother of Roula Zoghbi (Middlebury College, class 2007) and Anthony Zoghbi (Washington University in St. Louis, Class of 2009).
She is most grateful to her husband and children for unconditional love and support; her mentors for setting her on the right track; her friends for embodying what friendship is; her patients for their trust and participation; and her past and current lab members for their tireless efforts and for making the lab a fun and stimulating place.
Dr. Zoghbi enjoys reading, working out, gourmet cooking (especially when she teams up with her daughter, a superb dessert chef), and the opera.
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