Anil B


	Anil B. Mukherjee, M.D., Ph.D. Head, Section on Developmental Genetics Heritable Disorders Branch, NICHD, NIH Bldg. 10, Rm 9D42 Bethesda, MD 20892-1830 Phone: (301) 496-7213 FAX: (301) 402-6632 Email: mukherja@exchange.nih.gov My undergraduate education is from Presidency College (under the University of Calcutta) and after completing a bachelor's degree I came to the US and received my M.D. and Ph.D. degrees followed by postgraduate training in Internal Medicine and Human Molecular Genetics, respectively. I joined the NICHD in 1976 as a Clinical Associate and in 1978 I was promoted to become the Head of the Section on Developmental Genetics in the Human Genetics Branch, which is currently the Heritable Disorders Branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). My Section conducts both basic and clinical investigations to understand the molecular mechanisms of hereditable neurodegenerative- and complex inflammatory/autoimmune diseases in order to develop novel therapeutic approaches. More information on the mission of my Section and that of the Heritable Disorders Branch can be obtained from the NICHD website.

Anil B. Mukherjee, M.D., Ph.D.

Head, Section on Developmental Genetics
Heritable Disorders Branch, NICHD, NIH
Bldg. 10, Rm 9D42
Bethesda, MD 20892-1830
Phone: (301) 496-7213
FAX: (301) 402-6632

Email: mukherja@exchange.nih.gov

My undergraduate education is from Presidency College (under the University of Calcutta) and after completing a bachelor's degree I came to the US and received my M.D. and Ph.D. degrees followed by postgraduate training in Internal Medicine and Human Molecular Genetics, respectively. I joined the NICHD in 1976 as a Clinical Associate and in 1978 I was promoted to become the Head of the Section on Developmental Genetics in the Human Genetics Branch, which is currently the Heritable Disorders Branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). My Section conducts both basic and clinical investigations to understand the molecular mechanisms of hereditable neurodegenerative- and complex inflammatory/autoimmune diseases in order to develop novel therapeutic approaches.

More information on the mission of my Section and that of the Heritable Disorders Branch can be obtained from the NICHD website.