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Nancy Braverman is a Professor in the Department of Human Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, and Department of Medicine at McGill University. She holds a Bachelor of Science from Cornell University, a Master’s in Human Genetics from Sarah Lawrence College, and an M.D. from Tulane University. Dr. Braverman completed her residency in Pediatrics at Yale-New Haven Hospital, followed by a Fellowship in Clinical Biochemical Genetics at Johns Hopkins. Her research laboratory focuses on inherited disorders caused by defects in the genes responsible for proper peroxisome function, which are essential components of cells that help metabolize lipids and fatty acids. Peroxisomal disorders can involve peroxisome biogenesis disorders and specific enzyme deficiencies leading to the inability to metabolize crucial lipids, resulting in progressive diseases affecting the nervous system, eyes, hearing, bones, liver, kidneys, and adrenal glands. Her laboratory develops mouse models of these disorders to study how enzyme defects cause disease and provide prognostic information to patients and families. It has established a patient registry that documents variations in disease outcomes and identifies potential drugs and therapies to improve these outcomes, currently progressing with a clinical trial for a new drug.
Department: Department of Medicine. Program: Experimental Medicine.