Randi J. Hagerman, M.D.

Medical Director, M.I.N.D. Institute, Professor, Endowed Chair in Fragile X Research, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis

Education
B.A. University of California, Davis, Davis, California, 1971
M.D. Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, 1975

Research Interests
Dr. Hagerman has more than 20 years of experience in the field of neurodevelopmental disorders and Fragile X syndrome - the most common inherited cause of mental retardation. Her research focuses on the correlation between an individual's molecular genotype, or genetic make-up, and their physical and behavioral characteristics. She also has a strong clinical and research interest in autism and has conducted research examining the association between autism and fragile X syndrome. Her most recent books, Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Diagnosis and Treatment, and Fragile X Syndrome: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Research, 3rd Edition, were published, respectively, by Oxford University Press in 1999 and Johns Hopkins University Press in 2002.