Neil Hanchard

Neil Hanchard
EducationUniversity of the West Indies, MBBS; Oxford University, PhD; Mayo Clinic, residency; Baylor College of Medicine, clinical fellowship
AwardsRhodes Scholar; Doris Duke Clinical Scientist Development Award; MBBS with Honours
Scientific career
Fieldsgenomics of complex childhood diseases; global health genomics
InstitutionsBaylor College of Medicine; National Human Genome Research Institute

Neil Hanchard is a Jamaican physician and scientist who is clinical investigator in the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), where he leads the Childhood Complex Disease Genomics section. Prior to joining NHGRI, he was an associate professor of molecular and human genetics at the Baylor College of Medicine. He is a fellow of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics, . Hanchard's research focuses on the genetics of childhood disease, with an emphasis on diseases impacting global health.