Deborah Nickerson

Deborah Ann Nickerson
A black and white headshot of a smiling older woman with short hair.
Portrait of Nickerson, date unknown
Born1954
Mineola, New York, United States
Died (aged 67)
Seattle, Washington, United States
Alma materAdelphi University (BS, 1974)
University of Tennessee (PhD, 1978)
Scientific career
FieldsGenomics
InstitutionsUniversity of South Florida, California Institute of Technology, University of Washington

Deborah Ann "Debbie" Nickerson (1954 – December 24, 2021)[1] was an American human genomics researcher. She was professor of genome sciences at the University of Washington. Nickerson founded and directed of one of the five clinical sites of the Gregor Consortium and was a major contributor to many genomics projects, including the Human Genome Project and the International HapMap Project.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Debbie Nickerson". National Human Genome Research Institute. January 20, 2022. Retrieved January 22, 2021.