William K. Scott, Ph.D. is Professor in the Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, and Professor of Neurology and Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He is a core faculty member of the John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics and co-Director of the UM Brain Endowment Bank, one of six NIH-supported centers in the NeuroBioBank network. Dr. Scott¹s research focuses on the identification of gene and environment interactions that influence the risk of complex diseases. Dr. Scott is one of three lead investigators of a study in Midwestern U.S. Amish communities aiming to identify genetic factors that protect from the development of age-related cognitive impairment and one of two leading genetic studies of susceptibility to Staphylococcal bacteremia. Other research examines genetic mechanisms underlying age-related neuropathology, primary open-angle glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration. He has served as primary mentor to six graduate Ph.D. students and three post-doctoral fellows.
