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Christian Parobek, M.D.
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Parobek Awarded ISPD Recognition

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Congratulations to Maternal Fetal Medicine and Medical Genetics Fellow, Christian Parobek, who has received the 2024 International Society for Prenatal Diagnosis Joe Leigh Simpson Award for Best Early Career Investigator. He was awarded for "Genetic findings among neonates with perinatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy." 

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Lupski Gives 2024 ESHG Mendel Lecture

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Professor James R. Lupski gave the Mendel Lecture at the 2024 European Human Genetics Conference in Berlin, Germany where he received a standing ovation. 

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2024 Baylor Faculty Awards Drs Lalani & Scott
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Baylor College of Medicine honors faculty for excellence in patient care and education for 2024

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Congratulations to Dr. Seema Lalani on your Ben and Margaret Love Foundation Bobby Alford Award for Academic Clinical Professionalism and Dr. Daryl Scott on your Barbara and Corbin J. Robertson, Jr. Presidential Award for Excellence in Education!
 

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2024 DeBakey Award winners
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Baylor College of Medicine recognizes research excellence with DeBakey Awards

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Congratulations to Dr. Bing Zhang on your 2024 Michael E. DeBakey Excellence in Research Award!

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Molecular and Human Genetics Press Releases

DoD grant supports preclinical tests of osteoarthritis gene therapy -
Anti-aging clues lurk in lysosomes, the recycling centers of the cell -
Know your risk for hereditary cancer -
Dr. Huda Zoghbi named the 2022 Kavli Prize Laureate in neuroscience -
Evenings with Genetics: Does genetics influence behavior? -
Interferon drives cognitive impairment in Alzheimer’s disease model -
Dr. Pengfei Liu receives 2022 Dr. Michael S. Watson Genetic and Genomic Medicine Innovation Award -
Mayo Clinic and Baylor study: drug-gene testing improves patient care -
Fruit fly study uncovers functional significance of gene mutations associated with autism -
Reduced inhibition of hippocampal neurons impairs long-term memory recall in Rett syndrome -
Evenings with Genetics: new therapies for genetic conditions -
An organic insecticide is more damaging to non-target insects than synthetics -
Targeting TGF-β for treatment of osteogenesis imperfecta -
Evenings with Genetics: race and precision medicine -
New benchmark report provides accurate ID of variants in medically-relevant genes -
PAX5 gene associated with novel neurodevelopmental disorder -
Baylor researchers elected 2021 AAAS Fellows -
Circadian clock in heart failure -
Neuroprotective mechanism altered by Alzheimer’s disease risk genes -
Identifying rare disease-associated genetic variants in severe schizophrenia -
Novel technology makes studying gene function easier, faster -
NIH award supports diverse researchers in All of US Research Program -
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative supports research in childhood diseases -
Genetic cause of endometriosis IDed, potential drug target revealed -
Baylor researchers expand diagnosis for Xia-Gibbs Syndrome -
HeartCare study IDs patients’ genetic risk for cardiovascular disease -
Cryptic transcription in mammalian stem cells linked to aging -
NIH funding supports genetic single-gene disorder research -
Novel screening approach improves diagnosis of newborn metabolic disorders -
ASHG Honors Dr. C. Thomas Caskey with the 2021 William Allan Award -
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Department Endowed Awards

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A list of the Department's endowed awards and their recipients. 

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