Nancy Spinner (USA)

Nancy Spinner, PhD is a Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. She holds the Evelyn Willing Bromley Chair in Paediatric Pathology and is the Founding Chief of the Division of Genomic Diagnostics at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, created in 2014. She has won several teaching and mentorship awards at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research is focused on the genetics and diagnosis of rare paediatric disorders, specifically on the genomics of Alagille syndrome, biliary atresia, ring chromosomes, and utilization of genome wide testing for paediatric diagnosis. She has served as a managing editor for the journal Human Mutation and as an assistant editor for PLoS Genetics, on the Scientific Advisory Board for the Alagille Syndrome Alliance and the Ring20 Research and Support UK, on the Board of Directors for the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) as well as on multiple ASHG committees.