Huda Zoghbi

Huda Yahya Zoghbi[2]
Born
Huda El-Hibri

(1954-06-20) 20 June 1954 (age 70)[3]
Beirut, Lebanon
Alma materBaylor College of Medicine
Meharry Medical College
American University of Beirut
Known forResearch in Rett syndrome and spinocerebellar ataxia type 1
SpouseWilliam Zoghbi[4]
AwardsTexas 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
FieldsGenetics
Neuroscience
InstitutionsRegeneron Pharmaceuticals[1]
Baylor College of Medicine
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Texas Children's Hospital

Huda Yahya Zoghbi (Arabic: هدى الهبري الزغبي Hudā al-Hibrī az-Zughbī; born Huda El-Hibri; 20 June 1954)[3] 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.[5][6] She was the editor of the Annual Review of Neuroscience from 2018-2024.[7]

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.[8] 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.[9][10]

In 2017, she was awarded the Canada Gairdner International Award and the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences.

  1. ^ "Huda Y. Zoghbi, M.D." Regeneron Pharmaceuticals. Archived from the original on 23 February 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  2. ^ Cha, Ariana Eunjung (4 December 2016). "Silicon Valley's 'Nobels': Mega-prizes awarded for work in brains, the origins of life and gravitational waves". Washington Post. Retrieved 13 December 2018.[dead link]
  3. ^ a b Azvolinsky, Anna (1 November 2018). "Genetic Neurologist: A Profile of Huda Zoghbi". The Scientist. Archived from the original on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  4. ^ Zoghbi, Huda Y. (27 September 2016). "Autobiography of Huda Y Zoghbi". Shaw Prize Foundation. Archived from the original on 19 November 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Huda Yahya Zoghbi, M.D." Baylor College of Medicine. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute". Texas Children's Hospital. Archived from the original on 2021-01-24.
  7. ^ "EDITOR OF THE ANNUAL REVIEW OF NEUROSCIENCE - VOLUME 41, 2018". Annual Reviews. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Profile of Huda Y. Zoghbi". Pnas.org. Archived from the original on 2021-01-28.
  9. ^ "American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Huda Zoghbi". Amacad.org. Archived from the original on 2021-01-28.
  10. ^ "Rockefeller University. Huda Zoghbi". Rockefeller.edu. Archived from the original on 2021-01-27.