Professor Andrew Read | |
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| Born | 1939 (age 84–85) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Occupation | Medical geneticist |
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Professor Andrew P. Read FRCPath, FMedSci (born 1939) is a British medical geneticist.
Read studied organic chemistry at the University of Cambridge. [1] Once he had obtained his doctorate, he worked at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research and at the University of Warwick. [1]
In 1967 he obtained a post at the University of Manchester, moving to its Medical Genetics Department in 1977. [1] His research subjects included neural tube defects and the genes involved in hereditary deafness. [1] he became Emeritus upon formal retirement. [2]
He served as chair of the Clinical Molecular Genetics Society and was founder chair of the British Society for Human Genetics from 1996 to 2000. [1] [3]
He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists (FRCPath) and a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci). [1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Emma M. Jones; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2014). Clinical Molecular Genetics in the UK c.1975–c.2000. Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. ISBN 978-0-902238-88-6. Wikidata Q29581803.
- ^ "Professor Andrew Read (PhD FRCPath FMedSci) research profile - personal details". University of Manchester. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ^ "History". British Society for Human Genetics. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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