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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1995 - William Allan Award, the American Society of Human Genetics
  • 1964 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Kurt Hirschhorn is affiliated with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in the United States. The scientist has contributed primarily to the field of human genetics and related biomedical research.

Although specific papers, co-authors, and publication venues are not listed, Hirschhorn's academic presence is indicated through the institutional association with a major medical research center.

Recognition of Hirschhorn's work includes receiving the William Allan Award from the American Society of Human Genetics in 1995. This award is a notable acknowledgment within the human genetics community. Additionally, Hirschhorn was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1964, reflecting a longstanding involvement in scientific research and professional engagement.

Best Publications

  • A comprehensive review of genetic association studies.

    Joel N Hirschhorn;Kirk Lohmueller;Edward Byrne;Kurt Hirschhorn

  • Lymphocyte Interaction: A Potential Histocompatibility Test in vitro

    Fritz Bach;Kurt Hirschhorn

  • Immune Response and Mitosis of Human Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes in vitro

    Kurt Hirschhorn;Fritz Bach;Roselyn L. Kolodny;I. Lester Firschein

  • Advances in Human Genetics

    Harry Harris;Kurt Hirschhorn

  • Deletion of short arms of chromosome 4-5 in a child with defects of midline fusion.

    Hirschhorn K;Cooper Hl;Firschein Il

  • Incidence and spectrum of chromosome abnormalities in spontaneous abortions: new insights from a 12-year study.

    Joshua Menasha;Brynn Levy;Kurt Hirschhorn;Nataline B Kardon

  • First clinical application of comparative genomic hybridization and polar body testing for preimplantation genetic diagnosis of aneuploidy.

    Dagan Wells;Dagan Wells;Tomas Escudero;Brynn Levy;Kurt Hirschhorn

  • A Transcript Map of the Newly Defined 165 kb Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome Critical Region

    Tracy J. Wright;Darrell O. Ricke;Karen Denison;Simone Abmayr

  • The etiology of Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome

    Andrew D. Bergemann;Francesca Cole;Kurt Hirschhorn

  • In Vivo and in Vitro Chromosomal Damage Induced by LSD-25

    Maimon M. Cohen;Kurt Hirschhorn;William A. Frosch

  • Suppression of in Vitro Lymphocyte Responses by Chloroquine

    Dahlia Hurvitz;Kurt Hirschhorn

  • Genetic control of autoimmune disease

    Kurt Hirschhorn

  • Proposed guidelines for diagnosis of chromosome mosaicism in amniocytes based on data derived from chromosome mosaicism and pseudomosaicism studies.

    Lillian Y. F. Hsu;Sara Kaffe;Edmund C. Jenkins;Lita Alonso

  • Clinical Utility of Array CGH for the Detection of Chromosomal Imbalances Associated with Mental Retardation and Multiple Congenital Anomalies

    Lisa Edelmann;Kurt Hirschhorn

  • Molecular cytogenetic analysis of uterine leiomyoma and leiomyosarcoma by comparative genomic hybridization.

    Brynn Levy;Tanmoy Mukherjee;Kurt Hirschhorn

  • STUDIES ON LYSOSOMES XII. Redistribution of Acid Hydrolases in Human Lymphocytes Stimulated by Phytohemagglutinin

    Rochelle Hirschhorn;Günter Brittinger;Kurt Hirschhorn;Gerald Weissmann

  • ACID PHOSPHATASE-RICH GRANULES IN HUMAN LYMPHOCYTES INDUCED BY PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ.

    Rochelle Hirschhorn;J. Martin Kaplan;Arthur F. Goldberg;Kurt Hirschhorn

  • Klinefelter's syndrome in a ten-month-old mongolian idiot: report of a case with chromosome analysis.

    Jonathan T. Lanman;Burton S. Sklarin;Herbert L. Cooper;Kurt Hirschhorn

  • THE ACTION OF STREPTOLYSIN S ON PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTES OF NORMAL SUBJECTS AND PATIENTS WITH ACUTE RHEUMATIC FEVER.

    K. Hirschhorn;R. R. Schreibman;S. Verbo;R. H. Gruskin

  • Human intersex with chromosome mosaicism of type XY/XO. Report of a case.

    Kurt Hirschhorn;Wayne H. Decker;Herbert L. Cooper

Frequent Co-Authors

Rochelle Hirschhorn
Rochelle Hirschhorn New York University
Brynn Levy
Brynn Levy Columbia University
Gerald Weissmann
Gerald Weissmann New York University
H. Hugh Fudenberg
H. Hugh Fudenberg University of California, San Francisco
Robert J. Desnick
Robert J. Desnick Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
David L. Rimoin
David L. Rimoin Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Herman A. Witkin
Herman A. Witkin Princeton University
Donald R. Goodenough
Donald R. Goodenough Princeton University
Lisa Edelmann
Lisa Edelmann Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Joel N. Hirschhorn
Joel N. Hirschhorn Boston Children's Hospital

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