Huda Zoghbi, MD, Presents the 2025 John F. Anderson Distinguished Lecture

Huda Zoghbi, MD

Title

Molecular and Neurobiological Studies in Rett syndrome and other MECP2 disorders

Speaker

Huda Zoghbi, MD, is the Distinguished Service Professor in the Departments of Pediatrics, Molecular and Human Genetics, Neurology and Neuroscience at the Baylor College of Medicine. She is also an Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Director of the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI) at Texas Children’s Hospital. Her laboratory uses genetic, cell biological, and biochemical approaches to explore the pathogenesis of polyglutamine neurodegenerative diseases, and how MECP2 mutations cause postnatal neurodevelopmental disorders, including Rett syndrome and spinocerebellar ataxias. In addition to being a member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), National Academy of Medicine (NAM), and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), she has been awarded the Gruber Prize in Neuroscience, the Pearl Meister Greengard Prize, the Shaw Prize in Life Science & Medicine, the Canada Gairdner International Award, the Breakthrough Prize, the Brain Prize, Kavli Prize in Neuroscience, and the Ross Prize.

Refreshments will follow the lecture in the Claude Moore Medical Education Building, 1st Floor Lobby.

The John F. Anderson Memorial Lectureship was established in 1955 by Dr. John F. Anderson, a graduate in 1895 of the University of Virginia, School of Medicine. Through his most generous gift to the University, it has been possible to establish a lectureship in medical science and public health which will bring to this medical community the latest developments in these fields. Dr. Anderson made many outstanding contributions to the science of medicine during his long career of service and leadership in public health, medical research, and medical production. He died in North Brunswick, New Jersey, on September 29, 1958, at the age of 87.

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