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Dr Howard McLeod is Fred N. Eshelman Distinguished Professor and Director, UNC Institute for Pharmacogenomics and Individualized Therapy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Dr McLeod holds appointments in the Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine and the Lineberger Cancer Center. Dr McLeod is also the Principal Investigator for CREATE, a member of the NIH funded Pharmacogenetics Research Network and is a member of the FDA committee on Clinical Pharmacology. He also directs the Pharmacogenetics for Every Nation Initiative, which aims to help developing countries use genetic information to improve National Drug Formulary decisions. Howard has published over 350 peer reviewed papers on pharmacogenomics, applied therapeutics, or clinical pharmacology and continues to work to integrate genetics principles into clinical practice to advance individualized medicine. |
