Dr William Horton 

Senior Investigator and Director of Research
Portland Shriners Research Center
Shriners Hospitals for Children, Portland
Professor of Molecular & Medical Genetics
Oregon Health & Science University

HONORS
Walter F. Sutton Award in Human Genetics – 1969
Alpha Omega Alpha – 1971
Basil O'Connor Starter Research Grant
Award March of Dimes Birth Defects Fund – 1977
Board Certification, American Board of Internal Medicine, 1975
Board Certification, American Board of Medical Genetics, 1982
American Pediatrics Society 1992

RESEARCH AND/OR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1993-Present Director, Research Center, Portland Shriners Hospital for Children
1993-Present Professor of Molecular & Medical Genetics, Oregon Health Sciences University
1988-1993 Professor of Pediatrics & Medicine, University of Texas Medical School – Houston
1983-1988 Associate Professor of Pediatrics & Medicine, University of Texas Medical School
1984-1993 Member of Faculty- University of Texas, Graduate School for Biomedical Sciences
1981-1983 Associate Professor Medicine & Pediatrics, University of Kansas Medical School
1977-1981 Assistant Professor of Medicine & Pediatrics, University of Kansas Medical School

Support Update  as of June 2013
Growing Stronger supported  the work of Dr. Jyoti's in 2011 - 2012  and Dr. Lunstrum in 2012 - 2013. Both continue to work on improving the lives of little people. Because of the excellent work by both researchers Dr. Horton has received an NIH grant enabled by work supported by Growing Stronger. Since Dr. Horton has received the NIH grant he no longer needs Growing Stronger's support.  Dr. Horton remains a close friend and a leader in dwarfism research.

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