Huntington F. Willard Papers and Records, 1975-2013

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Summary

Creator:
Willard, Huntington F.
Abstract:

Contains records of the laboratory work and files of Huntington F. Willard, first director of the Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy at Duke University, vice Chancellor for Genome Sciences and professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology.

Types of materials include laboratory notebooks created by students, research associates, and Willard in the course of research in genetics. Major subjects include the Dept. of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at Duke University, medical genetics, and faculty of Duke University Medical Center. Correspondence and files pertaining to topics such as travel, environmental safety, radiation safety, and the HUGO Human Genome Mapping Committee are also included.

Language:
English
Collection ID:
MC.0020

Background

Scope and content:

Organized into the following series: A2004-075: Laboratory notebooks, 1975-2002; A2005-040: Laboratory Notebooks, 1999-2005; A2007-076: Files, 1993-2003; A2008-010: Laboratory Notebooks, 2000-2004; A2011-070: Laboratory Notebooks, 2004-2007; A2012-037: Laboratory Notebooks, 2004-2010; A2012-043: Laboratory Notebooks, 2003-2012.

Biographical / historical:

Huntington F. Willard was appointed the first director of the Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy at Duke University and Vice Chancellor for Genome Sciences at Duke University Medical Center in December of 2002. He is also a professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology. Prior to coming to Duke University, Willard held faculty positions at the University of Toronto, Stanford University and Case Western Reserve University and was chair of the Department of Genetics at Case Western Reserve University from 1992 to 2001. He was also director and president of the Research Institute of University Hospitals of Cleveland. He has served in elected leadership positions for the American Society of Human Genetics (president in 2001), the Association of Professors of Human/Medical Genetics, and the Human Genome Organization. He is a former member and chair of the Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Committee and former chair of the Mammalian Genetics study section at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Willard currently serves on the Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health and Society for the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services of the U.S. Government. He also serves on review boards for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, as well as on Scientific Advisory Boards for several biotechnology companies. He has served on the editorial boards of numerous scientific journals and is co-founder and executive editor of Human Molecular Genetics. Dr. Willard has been the author or co-author of over 275 scientific publications. He is also co-author of Genetics in Medicine, a widely used textbook, now in its sixth edition. Dr. Willard's research interests include genome sciences and their broad implications for medicine and society, human chromosome structure and function, X chromosome inactivation and epigenetic mechanisms of gene silencing, as well as development of human artificial chromosomes for studies of gene transfer and functional genomics. Willard's research aims to help understand chromosomal mechanisms involved in gene control and/or implicated in genetic disorders. [From http://www.dukehealth.org/AboutDuke/Administration/Administrators/MedicalCenter/HWillard]

Acquisition information:
Transfer; A2004-075; 2004. Transfer; A2005-040; 2005. Transfer; A2007-076; 2007. Transfer; A2008-010; 2008. Transfer; A2011-070; 2011. Transfer; A2012-037; 2012. Transfer; A2012-043; 2012.
Processing information:

Processed by Archive staff, March 2005 Encoded by Emily Glenn, March 2005 Revised by Dawne Howard Lucas, March 2008, September 2011, May 2012, June 2012

Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Duke University Medical Center Library's online catalog.

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Personal Name(s):
Willard, Huntington F.
Corporate Name(s):
Duke University. Medical Center.
Duke University. School of Medicine
Duke University. Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology.
Topical Term(s):
Genetics, Medical
Faculty.

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Materials less than 30 years old are closed to research pending donor permission, with the exception of series "A2007-076: Files," which are unrestricted.

Terms of access:

Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Huntington F. Willard papers and records, Duke University Medical Center Archives.