Daniel H. Geschwind is an American physician-scientist whose laboratory has made pioneering discoveries in the biology of brain disorders and the genetic and genomic analyses of the nervous system.
[8][9][10] Currently, he is the Gordon and Virginia MacDonald Distinguished Professor of Human Genetics, Neurology and Psychiatry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
[12] He has trained over 70 graduate students and post-doctoral research fellows,[15] and is among the highest cited scientists in neurology, neuroscience, systems biology, and precision health (H index > 195).
[16] He has been named in Clarivate Analytics’ Highly Cited Researchers list each year since 2017[17] and has been elected as member of the National Academy of Medicine and the Association of American Physicians.
[18] The Geschwind Lab at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine conducts research into three areas: autism and neurodevelopmental disorders, neurodegenerative syndromes, and human brain evolution.
[12][19] The overarching goal of Geschwind's work is to develop a more mechanistic understanding of neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative diseases by integrative analyses that connect human genetic variation to genes and neurobiological pathways.