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Alan Edward Guttmacher
Alan Edward Guttmacher, M.D. (born 1949 in Baltimore, Maryland) was the director of the National Institute of Child Health (NICHD), one of the 27 institutes and centers that comprise the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In that capacity, he oversaw the institute’s activities as the focal point at the NIH for research in pediatric health and development, maternal health, reproductive health, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and rehabilitation medicine, among other areas. A pediatrician and medical geneticist, Guttmacher came to NIH in 1999 to work at the National Human Genome Research Institute, where he served in a number of roles, including deputy director and acting director, thus overseeing that institute’s efforts to advance genome research, integrate that research into health care, and explore the ethical, legal, and social implications of human genomics. Among Guttmacher’s areas of expertise is the development of new approaches for translating genomics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Guttmacher is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alan Edward Guttmacher (born 1949), pediatrician and medical geneticist. former director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institute of Child Health (NICHD). *Alan Frank Guttmacher (1898–1974), American obstetrician and gynecologist *Adolf Guttmacher (1861–1915), German-American rabbi *Manfred Guttmacher (1898–1966), forensic psychiatrist See also *Guttmacher Institute {{surname, Guttmacher Surnames of Jewish origin German-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vermont Newborn Screening Program
Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the north. Admitted to the union in 1791 as the 14th state, it is the only state in New England not bordered by the Atlantic Ocean. According to the 2020 U.S. census, the state has a population of 643,503, ranking it the second least-populated in the U.S. after Wyoming. It is also the nation's sixth-smallest state in area. The state's capital Montpelier is the least-populous state capital in the U.S., while its most-populous city, Burlington, is the least-populous to be a state's largest. For some 12,000 years, indigenous peoples have inhabited this area. The competitive tribes of the Algonquian-speaking Abenaki and Iroquoian-speaking Mohawk were active in the area at the time of European encounter. During the 17th century, F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
