Background
Brady, Roscoe Owen was born on October 11, 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Roscoe O. and Martha (Roberts) Brady.
Brady, Roscoe Owen was born on October 11, 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Roscoe O. and Martha (Roberts) Brady.
Student, Pennsylvania State University, 1943. Doctor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 1947. Postgraduate, University Pennsylvania, 1949.
Intern Hospital University Pennsylvania, 1947-1948. National Research Council fellow University Pennsylvania, 1948-1950, United States Public Health Service special fellow, 1950-1952. Section chief National Institute Neurological Diseases and Blindness, National Institutes of Health, 1954-1967, assistant laboratory chief neurochemistry Bethesda, Maryland, 1967-1972.
Chief developmental and metabolic neurology branch National Institute Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, since 1972. President, Chief Executive Officer Targeted Technologies, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, since 2006. Professorial lecturer George Washington University School of Medicine, 1963—1973.
Member faculty Georgetown University School of Medicine, since 1965. Member medical staff Children's Hospital, Washington, since 1992. Chairman science advisory board Therascope, A.G., Heidelberg, Germany.
With United States Naval Medical Corps.
(Book by Donald Tower, Roscoe Brady)
Author (with Donald B. Tower): Neurochemistry of Nucleotides and Animo Acids, 1960. Author: Basic Neurosciences, 1975. Author: (with John A. Barranger) Molecular Basis of Lysosomal Storage Disorders, 1984.Author: numerous articles.
Member of National Academy of Sciences (J.S. Kolvenko medal 1991), Institute of Medicine, American Society Human Genetics, American Society Clinical Investigation, American Academy Mental Retardation, American Academy Neurology (Cotzias award 1980), American Society Biological Chemists.
Piano, tennis, bridge.
Married Bennet Carden Manning, 1972. 2 children.