Huda Zoghbi
Huda Yahya Zoghbi (Arabic: هدى الهبري الزغبي Hudā al-Hibrī az-Zughbī; born 1954), born Huda El-Hibri, is a Lebanese-born American geneticist, and a professor at the Departments of Molecular and Human Genetics, Neuroscience and Neurology at the Baylor College of Medicine. She is the director of the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute. She became the editor of the Annual Review of Neuroscience as of 2018.
Huda Yahya Zoghbi | |
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| Born | Huda El-Hibri 1954 (age 69–70) |
| Alma mater | Baylor College of Medicine Meharry Medical College American University of Beirut |
| Known for | Research in Rett syndrome and spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 |
| Spouse | William Zoghbi |
| Awards | Texas Women Hall of Fame (2008) Gruber Prize in Neuroscience (2011) Pearl Meister Greengard Prize (2013) Dickson Prize (2013) Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine (2016) Canada Gairdner International Award (2017) Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2017) Brain Prize (2020) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Genetics Neuroscience |
| Institutions | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Baylor College of Medicine Howard Hughes Medical Institute Texas Children's Hospital |
Her work helped elucidate the genes and genetic mechanisms responsible for a number of devastating neurological disorders, such as Rett syndrome and spinocerebellar ataxia type 1. Zoghbi's discoveries have provided new ways of thinking about other neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's, autism and intellectual disability, which could lead to new therapeutics and better, more efficient treatments.
In 2017, she was awarded the Canada Gairdner International Award and the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences.