2010 Victor A. McKusick Leadership Award introduction and address.

摘要

An early version of these remarks was presented in San Francisco on March 30,2010, when there was worry that Charlie might be unable to travel for the meeting in early November.I am deeply honored and gratified to present the McKu-sick Leadership Award of the ASHG to Charles Epstein at this occasion. I have known Charles as a close friend and colleague for almost 50 years when, in 1963, he joined our relatively new Division of Medical Genetics at the University of Washington for a postdoctoral fellowship.Charlie became a widely admired medical geneticist whose achievements fit perfectly the specifications for this award. He fostered and enriched the development of various medical genetics disciplines and exemplified enduring leadership and farsighted vision that ensured the field of human genetics flourish and be successfully assimilated into the broader context of science, medicine, and health. His multiple contributions to the understanding of human genetics by policy makers have been an additional important contribution.