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Val C. Sheffield, M.D., Ph.D.
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Dr. Sheffield is also Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Division of Medical Genetics at the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City. He received his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Chicago and completed a pediatric residency, a medical genetics fellowship, and postdoctoral work at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Sheffield is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
RESEARCH ABSTRACT SUMMARY:
Val Sheffield is interested in identifying genes, protein complexes and disease mechanisms involved in Mendelian and complex human genetic disorders, including hereditary blindness, obesity, hypertension, and cardiovascular and neurological disorders.
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Photo: Denise Aguiar Crouch
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HHMI INVESTIGATOR
1998–
Present
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
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B.S., zoology, Brigham Young University
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M.S., developmental biology, Brigham Young University
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Ph.D., developmental biology, The University of Chicago
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M.D., The University of Chicago
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Institute of Medicine
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American Association of Physicians
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Society for Pediatric Research
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American Clinical and Climatological Association
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E. Mead-Johnson Award for Pediatric Research, Society for Pediatric Research
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Melvin Grumbach Award for Pediatric Research, University of California, San Francisco
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Lewis Rudin Glaucoma Prize, The New York Academy of Medicine
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Honored Alumni Award, Brigham Young University (College of Life Sciences)
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Martin and Ruth Carver Chair in Genetics, University of Iowa
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Carver Clinician Scientist Award, University of Iowa
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Young Alumnus Achievement Award, Brigham Young University
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F. Howell Wright Award, University of Chicago
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