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Dennis Drayna

Ph.D. (1981, Harvard University)

Adjunct, Department of Hearing & Speech Sciences

Acting Chief, Section on Systems Biology of Communication Disorders,
Laboratory of Molecular Genetics,
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)

Email:      drayna@nidcd.nih.gov
Phone:     301-402-4930
Address:   NIDCD/NIH
                 5 Research Court, Room 2B44
                 Rockville, MD 20850

Research/Clinical Interests

Identifying genetic variation in the molecular components of human communication systems

Research/Clinical Activities

Genetic linkage and positional cloning studies, used to identify genes responsible for communication disorders in humans, including disorders of auditory pitch recognition, deficits in the human sense of bitter taste, and the speech disorder of stuttering.

Please refer to the following website:  http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/research/scientists/draynad.asp

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