Joel Hirschhorn (geneticist)

Joel Hirschhorn
Joel Hirschhorn
Citizenship	American
Education	Stuyvesant High School; Harvard College; Harvard Medical School;
Known for	Research on the genetics of complex human traits
Parent(s)	Kurt and Rochelle Hirschhorn
Awards	E. Mead Johnson Award from the Society for Pediatric Research (2011)
	Scientific career
Fields	Human genetics
Institutions	Boston Children's Hospital; Broad Institute; Harvard Medical School
Thesis	Genetic and molecular analysis of histones and SNF/SWI proteins: Effects on chromatin structure and transcription in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (1995)
Doctoral advisor	Fred Winston
Other academic advisors	Eric S. Lander

Joel Naom Hirschhorn is an American human geneticist, pediatrician, and endocrinologist. He is known for his research on the genetics of complex human traits, such as height.^[1]^[2]

^ Park, Alice (2014-10-05). "New Genes Found that Determine Your Height". Time. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
^ Harris, Richard (2017-02-01). "Which Genes Make You Taller? A Whole Bunch Of Them, It Turns Out". NPR.org. Retrieved 2018-08-14.

[1] Park, Alice (2014-10-05). "New Genes Found that Determine Your Height". Time. Retrieved 2018-08-14.

[2] Harris, Richard (2017-02-01). "Which Genes Make You Taller? A Whole Bunch Of Them, It Turns Out". NPR.org. Retrieved 2018-08-14.

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