Rolf W. Stottmann, PhD
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Rolf Stottmann, PhD, is a principal investigator in the Institute for Genomic Medicine at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and a professor at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. He joined Nationwide Children’s in 2021. He received his bachelor's degree (Physiology and Neurobiology) and master's (Developmental Neurobiology) from the University of Maryland, College Park. Dr. Stottmann pursued dissertation work in the Department of Cell Biology at the Duke University School of Medicine followed by postdoctoral training at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital (Division of Genetics) and Harvard Medical School. In 2011 he set up his first laboratory research program at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital in the Division of Human Genetics with a joint appointment in the Division of Developmental Biology.
Dr. Stottmann has an enduring interest in the genetics of structural birth defects. He is especially focused on structural brain malformations and disrupted craniofacial skeletal development: congenital malformations of craniofacial development. He originally trained using mouse genetics to study these issues but has recently added human sequencing projects to the lab portfolio. At Nationwide Children's, Dr. Stottmann's lab now uses a combination of human and mouse genetics to identify and study rare genetic variants which cause these congenital malformations. Genome editing tools allow the group to directly model patient variants to assess pathogenicity, study animal models in depth and potentially design therapeutic intervention strategies.
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Stottmann Lab
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Institute for Genomic Medicine
- Division of Human Genetics, Paper of the Year, Cincinnati Childrens Research Foundation Annual Report, 2020
- Division of Human Genetics, Paper of the Year, Cincinnati Childrens Research Foundation Annual Report, 2016
- Basil O’Connor Scholar, March of Dimes Foundation, 2013
- Trustee’s Scholar, Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation, 2012
- Peer Mentor Award, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, 2011
- National Research Service Award for Postdoctoral Fellows, NICHD, 2007
- National Research Service Award for Predoctoral Fellows, NINDS, 2002
Date of Appointment at Nationwide Children’s Hospital: 06/07/2021
| Postdoctoral Training | HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL | Date Completed: 01/01/2011 |
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| Graduate School | DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE | Date Completed: 01/01/2004 |
| Undergraduate School | University of Maryland | Date Completed: 05/31/1995 |
2021 - Present Nationwide Children's Hospital
2011 - 2021 Cincinnati Children's Hospital
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