Victor McKusick and his role in the founding of the European School of Genetic Medicine

Giovanni Romeo; Martin Bobrow; Malcolm Ferguson-Smith; Andrea Ballabio

doi:10.1002/ajmg.a.62481

Victor McKusick and his role in the founding of the European School of Genetic Medicine

Am J Med Genet A. 2021 Nov;185(11):3253-3258. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.62481. Epub 2021 Sep 8.

Authors

Giovanni Romeo¹, Martin Bobrow², Malcolm Ferguson-Smith³, Andrea Ballabio⁴

Affiliations

¹ Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna and ESGM, Bologna, Italy.
² Wolfson College, Cambridge, UK.
³ Department of Veterinary Medicine, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK.
⁴ TIGEM-Telethon Institute, Pozzuoli and Università Federico II, Naples, Italy.

PMID: 34498367
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.62481

Abstract

Between 1988 and 2007, during the courses of the European School of Genetic Medicine, many of us had the opportunity to appreciate the tolerant and open-minded personality of Victor McKusick. He was gifted with a unique foresight for the innovations introduced into medicine through the development of the Human Genome Project. The aim of our separate contributions in this article is to document how his insights had an important impact on the European medical training system.

Keywords: European School of Genetic Medicine; Sestri Levante; human genome project; medical training curriculum.

Publication types

Biography
Historical Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Europe
Genetics, Medical / education
Genetics, Medical / history*
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Human Genome Project / history*
Humans

Personal name as subject

Victor McKusick