A geneticist and pediatrician who played a key role in developing the uniform panel of serious disorders for which nearly every baby in the United States now is tested has received the March of Dimes Col. Harland D. Sanders Lifetime Achievement Award in Genetics.R. Rodney Howell, M.D., professor of Pediatrics and chair emeritus of Pediatrics at the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Florida received the award from the March of Dimes at the American College of Medical Genetics annual meeting.
Dr. Howell is credited with leading his colleagues in evaluating and creating the core list of newborn screening tests for genetic or functional conditions that can be catastrophic to a baby if not detected early.
Dr. Howell is a member of the Hussman Institute for Human Genomics. He has served both as president of the American College of Genetics and Genomics, and later as president of its Foundation.
