Professor David Rowitch MD ScD FMedSci FRS

Professor and Head of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge

Affiliations: Professor of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge
David Rowitch is a neonatologist and neuroscientist whose laboratory investigates genetic factors that determine development and diversity of glial cells of the brain. His interest in genomic technologies to diagnose and better understand the biological basis of neurological conditions. He was a co-PI on the Wellcome Trust funded project Spectrum 10K to test for common genetic variants in autism, and how these interact with environmental factors to influence outcome and wellbeing in autistic people.

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