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William A. Gahl
William A. Gahl currently serves as the Clinical Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute at the NIH main campus in Bethesda, MD. Gahl graduated with a Bachelor of Science, BS degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1972. He earned his Doctor of Medicine, MD degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1976 and his Doctor of Philosophy, PhD degree in 1981. Gahl is a board-certified Medical genetics, medical geneticist. Gahl conducts research on rare inborn errors of metabolism, focussing on the observation and treatment of patients in the clinic as well as carrying out biochemical, molecular biological, and cell biological investigations in the laboratory. His group focuses on a number of disorders, including cystinosis, Delta storage pool deficiency, Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome, alkaptonuria, and sialic acid diseases. Gahl was the leader in creating the National Institutes of Health Undiagnosed Diseases Program (UDP). The UDP is a trans-Natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William A Gahl
William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will (given name), Will, Wills (given name), Wills, Willy, Willie, Liam, Bill (given name), Bill, and Billy (name), Billy. A common Irish people, Irish form is Liam. Scottish people, Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play Douglas (play)#Theme and response, ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma (given name), Wilma and Wilhelmina (given name), Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the German language, German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
