Research Area
Genetics, Molecular Biology
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Host Institution
University of Iowa
Current Position
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.
Current Research
The Molecular Genetics of a Human Obesity Syndrome
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.
BBS protein complexes and their role in cilia...
Biography
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.
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