Media contact: Hannah Echols, echolsh@uab.edu
Bruce Korf, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief Genomics Officer
Areas of expertise:
- Genetics
- Ethical issues in genetics
- Precision medicine
- Rare diseases
- Neurofibromatosis-1 (NF-1)
Korf is a medical geneticist, pediatrician and child neurologist, certified by the American Board of Medical Genetics (clinical genetics, clinical cytogenetics, clinical molecular genetics), American Board of Pediatrics, and American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (child neurology).
His major research interests are molecular diagnosis of genetic disorders and the natural history, genetics and treatment of neurofibromatosis.
Media coverage:
- HudsonAlpha, UAB awarded $10 million grant for newborn genome sequencing project, AL.com
- Gene editing of human embryos yields early resultsGene editing of human embryos yields early results, Science News