Philip Hieter (born in 1952) is an American scientist specializing in yeast genetics. He is currently a professor of

medical genetics Medical genetics is the branch tics in that human genetics is a field of scientific research that may or may not apply to medicine, while medical genetics refers to the application of genetics to medical care. For example, research on the caus ...

at the Michael Smith Laboratories at the

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. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

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1952 births Living people American geneticists Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Academic staff of the University of British Columbia {{US-biologist-stub