Professor, Human Biology Division; Member, Clinical Research Division
Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Washington
Faculty Profile

Dr. Tapscott obtained an M.D. and Ph.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania, where he also completed medical internship and neurology residency. He completed postdoctoral studies with Dr. Harold Weintraub at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, where he is currently a Member in the Divisions of Human Biology and Clinical Research, and a Professor of Neurology at the University of Washington. His research focuses on the regulation of gene expression during cell differentiation using myogenesis and neurogenesis as model systems. In addition, his lab has active programs in the role of triplet and macrosatellite repeats in the genome, epigenetic regulation in development and in cancer, and cellular and genetic therapies for muscular dystrophies. Dr. Tapscott serves on the scientific advisory boards of the American Brain Tumor Association and the Max Planck Institute Bad Nauheim in Germany. He is also an Advisory Council Member at the National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases and on the Editorial Boards of Developmental Cell and Muscle & Nerve.