Professor Daniel Geschwind

Gordon and Virginia MacDonald Distinguished Professor of Human Genetics, Neurology and Psychiatry, UCLA

Prof. Geschwind is the Gordon and Virginia MacDonald Distinguished Professor of Human Genetics, Neurology and Psychiatry at UCLA. In his capacity as Senior Associate Dean and Associate Vice Chancellor of Precision Health, he leads the Institute for Precision Health at UCLA. His laboratory has pioneered the application of systems biology methods in neurologic and psychiatric disease. Prof. Geschwind has put considerable effort into fostering large-scale collaborative patient resources for genetic research and data sharing in autism research.