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'''Liz Worthey''', PhD, is faculty investigator and the director for software development and informatics at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology in Huntsville, Alabama. Her work deals with clinical and [[translational medicine|translational]] use of genomic data.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://hudsonalpha.org/faculty/liz-worthey/about/ | title = About – Liz Worthey, PhD | last = Parker | first = Drew | author-link = | date = | website = HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref> ==Education== *1993, Undergraduate Fellow in Immunology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA *1994, BS with Honors in Immunology, University of Glasgow, UK *1994, Postgraduate Researcher in Molecular Biology, University of Glasgow, UK *1994-1995, Graduate Researcher in Immunogenetics, Oxford University, UK *1996, Postgraduate Diploma in Genetics, University of Birmingham, UK *2003, PhD in Genetics, Imperial College, University of London, UK *2000-2005, Postdoctoral Fellow in Genomics/Bioinformatics, SBRI/University of Washington, Seattle *2005, Postdoctoral Fellow in Genomics, University of Washington, Seattle *2005, Postdoctoral Training Course and Summer Research Program in Molecular Evolution, MBL, Woods Hole, MA *2005, Postdoctoral Fellowship, A Practical Guide to Scientific Management for Postdocs and New Faculty, Howard Hughes Medical Institute/Wellcome Trust, HHMI headquarters, MD Worthey's doctoral and post-doctoral researcher dealt with [[eukaryotic]] genomics and other high throughput “omics” projects.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://hudsonalpha.org/faculty/liz-worthey/ | title = Liz Worthey, PhD – HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology | last = Parker | first = Drew|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref> ==Career== Worthey worked as a project manager for [[Merck|Merck & Co.]], then in 2008 joined the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) as senior research scientist.<ref name=":1" /> She became an assistant professor of pediatric genomics in 2010, then director of genomic informatics at the MCW Human and Molecular Genetics Center in 2012.<ref name=":1" /> She is also an adjunct assistant professor in the computer science department at the [[University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee]] and adjunct assistant professor in the department of pediatrics and department of genetics at the [[University of Alabama at Birmingham]].<ref name=":1" /> She joined HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology in 2015.<ref name=":0" /> ==ME/CFS research== In 2018, Worthey received a [[Ramsay Award Program]] grant (in the amount of $45,000)<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://hudsonalpha.org/foundation/hudsonalpha-scientist-awarded-45000-grant-to-study-causes-of-chronic-fatigue-syndrome/ | title = HudsonAlpha scientist awarded $45,000 grant to study causes of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome – HudsonAlpha Foundation|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref> to pursue a [[whole genome sequencing]] project on ME/CFS that hypothesizes the disease "is the result of an intrinsic genetic defect(s) that alters cellular metabolic [[homeostasis]] towards an unstable state."<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://solvecfs.org/ramsay-2018-meet-dr-liz-worthey/ | title = RAMSAY 2018: MEET DR. LIZ WORTHEY|website=Solve ME/CFS Initiative|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref> The research aims to identify the "type of variant or where in a metabolic pathway an individual’s defect lies" that, under this hypothesis, determines the course of the illness.<ref name=":2" /> If the hypothesis bears out, this research might also identify subtypes of ME/CFS.<ref name=":2" /> Worthey will conduct this project with [[Camille Birch]], PhD, from the Worthey Lab, in collaboration with [[Jarred Younger]], PhD, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).<ref name=":3" /> Younger will provide patient samples and detailed descriptions of disease presentation in those patients to guide the genetic research.<ref name=":3" /> ==Notable studies== == External links == * [https://twitter.com/lizworthey Liz Worthey] on Twitter ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:US researchers]] [[Category:Genetics researchers]]
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