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GGC SCIENTIST RECEIVES NATIONAL RECOGNITION - February 22, 2008
Julianne Collins, PhD, assistant research scientist at the
Greenwood Genetic Center, received the Distinguished Service Award at the
National Birth Defects Prevention Network meeting in Washington, DC on February
13. This award honors a member of the Network who has provided significant time
and effort over many years in support of the mission and goals of the National
Birth Defects Prevention Network.
The National Birth Defects Prevention Network is a consortium
of fifty programs for birth defects surveillance and research in the United
States. The Network seeks to determine the impact of birth defects upon
children, families, and health care, and to develop strategies for prevention of
birth defects.
Dr. Collins joined the Greenwood Genetic Center faculty in
2000 and heads the Center’s Office of Epidemiology. She earned a Ph.D. in
medical genetics from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a M.S. in
genetics from Texas A&M University. She also has an appointment as an adjunct
research assistant professor in the Department of Genetics and Biochemistry at
Clemson University.
In 2002, Dr. Collins joined the National Birth Defects
Prevention Network and chaired its Neural Tube Defect Surveillance and Folic
Acid Education Committee from 2005 through 2007. She is active in the Network’s
Publications and Communications Committee. She has also authored peer-reviewed
and other articles on the epidemiology of birth defects and the prevention of
neural tube defects by folic acid.
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