Background
Francke, Uta was born on September 9, 1942 in Wiesbaden, Germany. Arrived in the United States, 1969. Daughter of Kurt and Gertrud Muller.
educator genetics researcher medical geneticist
Francke, Uta was born on September 9, 1942 in Wiesbaden, Germany. Arrived in the United States, 1969. Daughter of Kurt and Gertrud Muller.
Doctor of Medicine, University Munich, Federal Republic Germany, 1967. Master of Science, Yale University, 1985.
Assistant professor, University of California, San Diego, 1973-1978;
associate professor, Yale University, New Haven, 1978-1985;
professor, Yale University, New Haven, 1985-1988;
professor genetics, Stanford (California) U., since 1989. Investigator Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford, since 1989, member science review board, Bethesda, Maryland., 1986-1988. Member mammalian genetics study section National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, since 1990.
Board directors American Society Human Genetics, Rockville, Maryland., 1981-1984.
Professional advisor March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, White Plains, New York, 1990, Marfan Association, Port Washington, 1991. Member of American Society Human Genetics (president 1999, board directors Rockville, Maryland chapter 1981-1984), Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders, Society for Pediatric Research, Human Genome Organization, Institute Medicine of National Academy of Sciences (associate).
Married Bertold Richard Francke, May 27, 1967 (divorced 1982). Married Heinz Furthmayr, July 27, 1986.