Eduardo F. Tizzano

Eduardo F. Tizzano is a Pediatrician and Medical Geneticist and is Director of the Department of Clinical and Molecular Genetics at the Vall d’Hebron Hospital in Barcelona, Spain. PhD in Medicine, he is also Director of a Master Program on Medical Genetics in the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). Professor Tizzano’s main areas of research include the characterization of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) during human development, genotype–phenotype correlations, identification of modifier genes, and validation of biological markers, and he has published extensively in both these areas and on other genetic disorders. He is highly active in academic and research activities at national and international levels, collaborating with different neuromuscular and genetic centers, and participates as principal investigator and collaborator in clinical trials.