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University of Washington Medical Genetics 1957-2007:
A 50th Anniversary Celebration

October 12-13, 2007
University of Washington
Seattle, WA



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General Information

UW Medical Genetics celebrated the 50th anniversary of our Division with a meeting that included state-of-the art research and a look forward to the future of Medical Genetics in the genomic age. This meeting was open to all registrants. We also welcomed back our past trainees, faculty, and friends.


Medical Genetics 50th Anniversary Poster
Medical Genetics 50th Anniversary Press Release

Speakers

We were honored to have the following people included among the speakers:

Name Institution
Leroy Hood, M.D.,Ph.D. Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, WA
Wylie Burke, M.D., Ph.D. University of Washington, Department of Medical History & Ethics
Maynard Olson, Ph.D. University of Washington, Departments of Medicine (Medical Genetics) and Genome Sciences
Jeffrey Murray, M.D. University of Iowa, Department of Pediatrics
James Evans, M.D., Ph.D. University of North Carolina, Department of Genetics
Mark Kay, M.D., Ph.D. Stanford University, Departments of Pediatrics and Genetics
Ephrat Levy-Lahad, M.D. Shaare Zadek Medical Center, Medical Genetics Unit, Jerusalem, Israel
Mary-Claire King, Ph.D. University of Washington, Departments of Medicine (Medical Genetics) and Genome Sciences
Dianna Milewicz, M.D., Ph.D. The University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Department of Internal Medicine and Division of Medical Genetics
Charlie Epstein, M.D. University of California, San Francisco, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics
Gilbert Omenn, M.D., Ph.D. University of Michigan, Departments of Human Genetics and Internal Medicine
Judith Hall, M.D. University of British Columbia, Departments of Pediatrics and Medical Genetics
Thomas Bird, M.D. University of Washington, Departments of Neurology, Medicine (Medical Genetics) and Psychiatry
Roger Perlmutter, M.D., Ph.D. Executive Vice President of Research and Development, Amgen
Robert Waterston, M.D., Ph.D. University of Washinton, Chair, Department of Genome Sciences
George Stamatoyannopoulos, M.D., Dr. Sci. University of Washington, Department of Medicine (Medical Genetics)
Arno Motulsky, M.D. University of Washington, Departments of Medicine (Medical Genetics) and Genome Sciences, Seattle, WA


Photographs

Photos from the anniversary meeting are available for download or prints. Also please take a look at our collection of old photographs of the Division of Medical Genetics. We would still appreciate your old photographs. If you have one to share please email it to Amy Pierce at agpierce@u.washington.edu.

Sponsors

We would like to thank the major sponsors who contributed to this special 50th Anniversary event. Please check the Sponsors link below for more information.


The 50th Anniversary Celebration program committee included: Arno Motulsky, Stan Gartler, Gail Jarvik, and David Emery. For more information please email Beverly Berg-Rood at bgonzale@u.washington.edu

This website was designed by Alicia Levesque and Laura McKinstry. Please contact Alicia at aliciall@u.washington.edu for information about the website.

Last updated December 20, 2007.


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