Pathbreakers of Arab America—Huda Zoghbi
This is the eighty-eighth in Arab America’s series on American pathbreakers of Arab descent. The series features personalities from various fields, including entertainment, business, sports, science, the arts, academia, journalism, and politics. Our eighty-eighth pathbreaker is Huda Zoghbi, a Lebanese-born American geneticist, clinician-scientist, and a physician specializing in pediatric neurology. Contributing writer John Mason shows how her research led her and others to the discovery of the genes and genetic mechanisms responsible for several devastating neurological disorders, including Alzheimer’s, Rett syndrome, and autism. Huda is celebrated by many for her collegiality and for mentoring innumerable students and fellows.