James F. Gusella

James Francis Gusella (born 1952 in Ottawa) is a Canadian molecular biologist and geneticist known for his work on Huntington's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases in humans. He is the Bullard Professor of Neurogenetics in the Department of Genetics at Harvard Medical School and an investigator at the Center for Genomic Medicine at the Mass General Research Institute.

James F. Gusella
Born1952 (age 7172)
Ottawa, Ontario
CitizenshipCanada
Alma mater
  • University of Ottawa (B.Sc.)
  • University of Toronto (M.Sc.)
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D.)
Known forContributing to identification of the gene that causes Huntington's disease
Awards
Scientific career
Fieldsgenetics, neurology
Institutions
ThesisSelection and localization of cloned DNA sequences from human chromosome 11 (1980)
Doctoral advisorDavid Housman
Doctoral studentsRudolph E. Tanzi
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