Kári Stefánsson
Icelandic neurologist (born 1949) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kári Stefánsson[lower-alpha 1] (born 6 April 1949)[1] is an Icelandic neurologist and founder and CEO of Reykjavík-based biopharmaceutical company deCODE genetics. In Iceland he has pioneered the use of population-scale genetics to understand variation in the sequence of the human genome. His work has focused on how genomic diversity is generated and on the discovery of sequence variants impacting susceptibility to common diseases. This population approach has served as a model for national genome projects around the world and contributed to the realization of several aspects of precision medicine.[2][3]
This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Kári.
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Kári Stefánsson | |
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Born | (1949-04-06) 6 April 1949 (age 75) |
Alma mater | University of Iceland |
Known for | Population genetics |
Spouse |
Valgerður Ólafsdóttir
(m. 1970; died 2021) |
Children | 4 |
Website | www |
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