Andrew Read

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Andrew Read

FRCPath , FMedSci
Born1939 (age 80–81)
Nationality British
Alma mater University of Cambridge
Occupation Medical geneticist
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Website www.manchester.ac.uk/research/andrew.read/ OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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
  2. ↑ "Professor Andrew Read (PhD FRCPath FMedSci) research profile - personal details". University of Manchester . Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "History". British Society for Human Genetics. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.


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