UAMS Names Schaefer to Lead New Division of Genetics
| LITTLE ROCK – Nationally known, board-certified genetics expert G. Bradley Schaefer, M.D., has been appointed the inaugural director of the Division of Genetics in the He also will serve as section chief of genetics and metabolism in the The free-standing division will consolidate and expand on existing genetics expertise on campus as well as help prepare students for a new era in medicine that focuses more on the growing understanding of genomics. The division will coordinate medical student education in genetics, expand clinical services in medical genetics in Schaefer’s clinical practice focuses on the genetics of neurologic conditions, neurosensory abnormalities and craniofacial malformations. Before coming to UAMS, Schaefer was the Omaha Scottish Rite, Masonic Professor of Child Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). He directed the He received his bachelor’s and medical degrees from the Schaefer’s research focuses on human clinical genetics with emphasis in neurogenetics and neurodevelopmental disabilities. This research utilizes computerized image analysis to quantify developmental changes in the brain, face and inner ear. He has authored over 200 scientific articles, book chapters and invited reviews. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Child Neurology, and sits on the National Advisory Board for the Sotos Syndrome Support Association. UAMS is the state’s only comprehensive academic health center, with five colleges, a graduate school, a medical center, six centers of excellence and a statewide network of regional centers. UAMS has 2,538 students and 733 medical residents. Its centers of excellence include the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, the Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy, the