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Hsiao-Tuan Chao,
M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Chao is the most recent addition to the faculty of the
Duncan NRI. Working in both the lab and with patients at Texas
Children’s Hospital, she is using a cross-species approach (flies,
mice, and humans) to understand the regulation of neural circuit
development and function in disorders such as intellectual
disability, epilepsy, and autism. Dr. Chao has already earned
numerous prestigious awards, including the National Institutes
of Health Director’s Early Independence Award and a Child
Neurology Foundation grant.
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