Residency Program
Neurogenetics Rotation Information
The Division of Neurogenetics is dedicated to a better scientific understanding of hereditary diseases of the nervous system and caring for patients and families with neurogenetic diseases. There is a weekly Neurogenetics clinic, as well as Medical Genetics and other specialty clinics which can be attended during the rotation. Research areas of interest are diverse, and include:
- Alzheimer’s Disease (Bird, Schellenberg, and Zabetian)
- Ataxia (Bird and La Spada)
- Autism (Schellenberg)
- ALS (Chance)
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth Neuropathy (Bird and Chance)
- Frontotemporal Dementia (Bird and Schellenberg)
- HIV (Garden)
- Huntington’s Disease (Bird)
- Muscular Dystrophy (Bird, Chamberlain, and Tapscott)
- Parkinson’s Disease (Bird, La Spada, and Zabetian)
- Schizophrenia (Schellenberg)
- Spastic Paraplegia (Bird)
Contacts:
Dr. Tom Bird (tomnroz@u.washington.edu)
Dr. Cyrus Zabetian (zabetian@u.washington.edu)