Dian Donnai
British medical geneticist
Dian Donnai
|
|
---|---|
Born | 1945 (age 77 – 78) |
Nationality | United Kingdom |
Occupation | Medical geneticist |
Professor Dian Donnai CBE , FRCP , FRCOG , FMedSci (born 1945) is a British medical geneticist .
Biography
Donnai studied at St Mary's Hospital Medical School , then trained in paediatrics at St Mary's Hospital, Northwick Park Hospital and in Sheffield . [1]
She obtained a senior registrar training post in medical genetics at Saint Mary's Hospital, Manchester in 1978, becoming a consultant in 1980. [1]
The University of Manchester appointed her an honorary professor of medical genetics in 1994, and gave her a substantive chair in 2001. [1]
She served as president of the Clinical Genetics Society from 1997 to 1999; as consultant advisor to the United Kingdom's Chief Medical Officer from 1998 to 2004; and as president of the European Society of Human Genetics from 2009 2010. [1]
Together with Margaret Barrow, she first described the genetic disorder ' Donnai–Barrow syndrome ', in 1993. [2]
She was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2005 New Year Honours , for services to medicine, [1] [3] and has also been elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP), a Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists " ad eundem " (FRCOG (ad eundem)), and a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci). [1] [4]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Peter Harper ; Lois Reynolds; Tilli Tansey , eds. (2010). Clinical Genetics in Britain: Origins and development . Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group . ISBN 978-0-85484-127-1 . Wikidata Q29581774 .
- ↑ Donnai, D; Barrow, M (1993). "Diaphragmatic hernia, exomphalos, absent corpus callosum, hypertelorism, myopia, and sensorineural deafness: a newly recognized autosomal recessive disorder?". American Journal of Medical Genetics . 47 (5): 679–682. doi : 10.1002/ajmg.1320470518 . PMID 8266995 .
- ↑ "It's all in the genes for Di" . Manchester Evening News . 30 April 2005 . Retrieved 5 July 2017 .
- ↑ "Professor Dian Donnai" . Academy of Medical Sciences . Retrieved 5 July 2017 .
External links
- Dian Donnai on the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group website
International | |
---|---|
National | |
Other |