James V. Neel
✓ Source-basedstableAmerican geneticist (1915-2000)
James Van Gundia Neel was an American geneticist who played a key role in the development of human genetics as a field of research in the United States. He made important contributions to the emergence of genetic epidemiology and pursued an understanding of the influence of environment on genes.
Also inDeutsch
Awards 4
Connected to James 6
Irvine PageAlso won Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
Michael HeidelbergerAlso won Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
Kay DaviesAlso won ASHG Lifetime Achievement AwardStuart OrkinAlso won ASHG Lifetime Achievement Award
Evelyn M. WitkinAlso won Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical ResearchAbout this person
James Van Gundia Neel was an American geneticist who played a key role in the development of human genetics as a field of research in the United States. He made important contributions to the emergence of genetic epidemiology and pursued an understanding of the influence of environment on genes. In his early work, he studied sickle-cell disease and acatalasia. conducted research on the effects of radiation on survivors of the Hiroshima atomic bombing.
United StatesFame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.