Randi J. Hagerman is an American physician and the medical director of

MIND Institute The UC Davis MIND Institute (Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders) is a research and treatment center affiliated with the University of California, Davis, with facilities located on the UC Davis Medical Center campus in Sacramento, ...

at the

University of California, Davis The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a public land-grant research university near Davis, California. Named a Public Ivy, it is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The institut ...

. She works for the pediatrics department under the division of child development and behavior. She is an internationally recognized researcher in the field of genetics of

autism spectrum disorder The autism spectrum, often referred to as just autism or in the context of a professional diagnosis autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or autism spectrum condition (ASC), is a neurodevelopmental disorder, neurodevelopmental condition (or conditions) ...

with special focus on genomic instability. Along with her husban
Paul Hagerman
she discovered the

Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS) is a late-onset neurodegenerative disorder most frequently seen in male premutation carriers of Fragile X syndrome (FXS) over the age of 50. The main clinical features of FXTAS include problems o ...

(FXTAS), a neurological disorder that affects older male and rare female carriers of fragile X. She was recognized on a list of the world's top female scientists

Work

Hagerman has written over 200 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on neurodevelopmental disorders. Some of the specific topics of her papers include repeat expansion and the genetics of neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g. Fragile-X). She also works on an editorial board to help edit the publications ''

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics The ''Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics'' is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering developmental behavioral pediatrics. The journal was established in 1980 and is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. The editor-in-chie ...

'' and ''

Molecular Autism ''Molecular Autism'' is a peer-reviewed open-access medical journal covering research on the cause, biology, and treatment of autism and related neurodevelopmental disorders. The journal was established in 2010 and is published by BioMed Centr ...

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Awards

*Jerrett Cole Award, National Fragile X Foundation, 1992 * Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Award for Science including Medicine, 1993 *Namesake (with Paul Hagerman), Hagerman Award for Research in FXTAS, International Association for the Study of Intellectual Deficiency, 2004 *Lifetime Achievement Award, National Fragile X Foundation, 2008

Education

* M.D., Medicine, F.A.A.P.,

Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford University School of Medicine is the medical school of Stanford University and is located in Stanford, California. It traces its roots to the Medical Department of the University of the Pacific, founded in San Francisco in 1858. This ...

, Palo Alto, California, 1975 * B.S., Zoology,

UC Davis The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a public land-grant research university near Davis, California. Named a Public Ivy, it is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The institut ...

, Davis, California, 1971 * Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, 1976–77 *

University of California, San Diego The University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego or colloquially, UCSD) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in San Diego, California. Established in 1960 near the pre-existing Scripps Insti ...

, La Jolla, California, 1979–80

References

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