Joel Hirschhorn (geneticist)

Joel Hirschhorn
CitizenshipAmerican
Education
Known forResearch on the genetics of complex human traits
Parent(s)Kurt and Rochelle Hirschhorn
AwardsE. Mead Johnson Award from the Society for Pediatric Research (2011)
Scientific career
FieldsHuman genetics
InstitutionsBoston Children's Hospital
Broad Institute
Harvard Medical School
Thesis Genetic and molecular analysis of histones and SNF/SWI proteins: Effects on chromatin structure and transcription in Saccharomyces cerevisiae  (1995)
Doctoral advisorFred Winston
Other academic advisorsEric S. Lander

Joel Naom Hirschhorn is an American human geneticist, pediatrician, and endocrinologist. He is known for his research on the genetics of complex human traits, such as height.[1][2]

Early life, family and education

Hirschhorn is the son of Kurt and Rochelle Hirschhorn, both human geneticists.[3]

Joel attended Stuyvesant High School in New York City. He then attended Harvard College, where he received his A.B. in biochemistry before receiving his Ph.D. and M.D. from Harvard Medical School. He did his Ph.D. research on chromatin structure and transcription in yeast with Fred Winston. After receiving his Ph.D., he did his postdoc on genetic association studies at the Whitehead Institute's Center for Genome Research with Eric Lander.[4]

Career

He is an institute member of the Broad Institute, as well as the Concordia Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Genetics at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He has had his own laboratory at Boston Children's Hospital since 2001.[4] He became the Chief of the Division of Endocrinology at Boston Children's Hospital in 2018.[5]

Additionally, he heads the GIANT consortium.[6]

In 2006, Hirschhorn was elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation.[7] In 2011, he received the Society for Pediatric Research's E. Mead Johnson Award.[4] In 2020, he was elected to the National Academy of Medicine.[8]

References

  1. ^ Park, Alice (2014-10-05). "New Genes Found that Determine Your Height". Time. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  2. ^ Harris, Richard (2017-02-01). "Which Genes Make You Taller? A Whole Bunch Of Them, It Turns Out". NPR.org. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  3. ^ Hirschhorn, Kurt; Hirschhorn, Rochelle; Hirschhorn, Joel N. (2017-08-31). "A Conversation with Kurt and Rochelle Hirschhorn". Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics. 18 (1): 31–44. doi:10.1146/annurev-genom-080316-090927. ISSN 1527-8204. PMID 28142260.
  4. ^ a b c "Joel Hirschhorn". broadinstitute.org. Broad Institute. 2015-07-06. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  5. ^ "Division of Endocrinology Meet Our Team". childrenshospital.org. Boston Children's Hospital. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
  6. ^ Preidt, Robert (October 6, 2014). "It's Confirmed: You Have Parents to Thank (or Blame) for Your Height". HealthDay. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Joel N. Hirschhorn, MD, PhD". the-asci.org. The American Society for Clinical Investigation. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
  8. ^ "National Academy of Medicine Elects 100 New Members". nam.edu. National Academy of Medicine. 2020-10-19. Retrieved 2020-11-30.


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