Scientific Speakers

Carlos Bacino, M.D.
Medical Director, Kleberg Cytogenetics Laboratory
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Michael Bamshad, M.D.
Professor
University of Utah Health Science Center
Salt Lake City, Utah

Agatino Battaglia, M.D., DPed, DNeurol
Adjunct Professor of Child Neuropsychiatry
University of Pisa
Pisa, Italy

Ursula Bellugi, Ph.D.
Professor and Director, Laboratory for Cognitive Neuroscience
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
La Jolla, California

Peter A. Benn, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology
University of Connecticut Health Center
Farmington, Connecticut

Gerard T. Berry, M.D.
Professor
Thomas Jefferson University Medical College
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

John C. Carey, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, Utah

Beverly S. Emanuel, Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatrics and Human Genetics
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Charles J. Epstein, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
University of California
San Francisco, California

Paul D. Grossfeld, M.D.
Assistant Adjunct Professor, Pediatric Cardiology
San Diego School of Medicine
San Diego, California

Daniel E. Hale, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas

Bronya Keats, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Genetics
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
New Orleans, Louisiana

Antonie Kline, M.D.
Director of Pediatric Genetics
The Harvey Institute of Human Genetics
Greater Baltimore Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland

Catherine Lord, Ph.D.
Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Carolyn B. Mervis, Ph.D.
Professor
University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky

Donna McDonald-McGinn, M.S., C.G.C.
Program Director
The 22q and You Center
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

John Opitz, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics and Human Genetics
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, Utah

David Patterson, Ph.D.
Professor of Biological Sciences
Eleanor Roosevelt Institute
University of Denver
Denver, Colorado

Joan Richtsmeier, Ph.D.
Professor of Anthropology
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, Pennsylvania

Carolyn Schanen, M.D., Ph.D.
Head of the Human Genetics Research Laboratory
Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children
Wilmington, Delaware

Stuart Schwartz, Ph.D.
Professor
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

Lisa Shaffer, Ph.D.
Professor
Washington State University
Spokane, Washington

Peter J. Tonellato, Ph.D.
Director, Bioinformatics Research Center
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin