Randi J. Hagerman is an American physician and the medical director of MIND Institute at the University of California, Davis. 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 with special focus on genomic instability. Along with her husband Paul Hagerman, she discovered the Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS), a neurological disorder that affects older male and rare female carriers of fragile X.Hagerman, Randi J., et al. "Fragile-X–associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS) in females with the FMR1 premutation." The American Journal of Human Genetics 74.5 (2004): 1051-1056.Greco, C. M., et al. "Neuropathology of fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS)." Brain 129.1 (2006): 243-255. 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 and Molecular Autism.
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, Palo Alto, California, 1975 B.S., Zoology, UC Davis, Davis, California, 1971 Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, 1976–77 University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, 1979–80
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