Alan Hendrie Beggs

Background

Beggs, Alan Hendrie was born in 1960 in New York City. Son of Alan H. and Irene O. Beggs.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1982. Doctor of Philosophy in Human Genetics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1987.

Career

Pediatrics instructor Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1992—1993, assistant professor pediatrics, 1993—1999, associate professor pediatrics, 2000—2008, sir edwin and lady manton associate professor pediatrics field genetics, since 2008. Research associate medicine genetics, program genomics Children's Hospital Boston, since 1992, associate chief research, division genetics, since 2008, director, manton center orphan disease research, since 2008. Interim director, dna diagnostic laboratory Center Human Genetics, Boston University School Medicine, 1995.

Consultant National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 2000—2001, skeletal muscle biology and exercise physiology study section, standing member, since 2006. Science advisory board member Foundation Building Strength, Palo Alto, California, since 2008.

Achievements

• Alan Hendrie Beggs has been listed as a noteworthy geneticist, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of American Society Human Genetics.

Interests

• Sports, woodworking.

Connections

Father:

Alan H.

Mother:

Irene O. Beggs