Edward R. B. McCabe collection of lecture and presentation slides and notes about medical genetics, 1970-2001
Finding aid prepared by Kelly Besser under the supervision of Megan Hahn Fraser; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline
Cubé.
UCLA Library Special Collections for Medicine and the Sciences
Finding aid last modified on 25 April 2016.
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Title: Edward R. B. McCabe collection of lecture and presentation slides and notes about medical genetics
Collection number: 434
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
3.4 linear ft.
(3 record storage cartons and 1 document box)
Date: 1970-2001
Abstract: Dr. Edward R. B. McCabe is a pediatrician and professor whose primary research interests include molecular genetics and systems
biology with a focus on pediatric applications, including newborn disease screening, diagnosis and treatment of disorders
such as: Sickle Cell Disease, Cystic Fibrosis, Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disorder (SCID) and cytogenetic disorders.
The collection consists of slides, notes, articles and correspondence related to his professional presentations, 1970-2001.
Physical Location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the History and Special Collections
for the Sciences, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library Reference Desk for paging information.
Creator:
McCabe, Edward R. B.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
[Identification of item], Edward R. B. McCabe Collection of Lecture and Presentation Slides and Notes about Medical Genetics
(Biomed Collection Number 433). UCLA Library Special Collections, History and Special Collections for the Sciences, Louise
M. Darling Biomedical Library.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Dr. Edward R. B. McCabe, 2011.
Processed by Kelly Besser, with assistance from Megan Hahn Fraser, in 2013. This collection was processed following the Guidelines
for Efficient Archival Processing in the University of California Libraries.
Edward R. B. McCabe began his research career at the age of 15 in the Pediatric Research Laboratory at the University of Maryland
School of Medicine. He received his B.A. in Biology with Honors from The Johns Hopkins University in 1967 and by 1974, he
had earned his M.D. and his Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of Southern California.
He completed his Pediatric Residency at the University of Minnesota Hospitals in 1976 and a Metabolism Fellowship in 1978
at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (UCHSC). As a Fellow, he discovered Glycerol Kinase Deficiency, and proceeded
to characterize the biochemical nature of this disorder as a University of Colorado faculty member in the Department of Pediatrics
and the Department of Biochemistry from 1977-1986.
In 1986 Dr. McCabe moved to Baylor College of Medicine to teach and direct the Robert J. Kleberg, Jr. Clinical Center in the
Institute for Molecular Genetics. At Baylor, Dr. McCabe cloned the gene involved in Glycerol Kinase Deficiency and the gene
for Adrenal Hypoplasia Congenita. He developed molecular genetic strategies for the confirmatory diagnosis in newborn screening
programs for Sickle Cell Disease, Cystic Fibrosis, and Medium Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency.
In 1994 Dr. McCabe moved to the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), as executive chairman of the Department of
Pediatrics and Physician-in-Chief of the Mattel Children’s Hospital, an institution that he established with a Mattel gift
of $25 million. He also held the Mattel Endowed Chair of Pediatrics, and was professor of genetics as well as professor of
bio-engineering. He founded and served as co-director of the UCLA Center for Society and Genetics and established the first
program in nano-pediatrics.
In 2012, Dr. McCabe was named Senior Vice President and Medical Director of the March of Dimes Foundation where he oversees
its medical and clinical initiatives while he serves as professor of pediatrics in clinical genetics and metabolism at the
University of Colorado School of Medicine.
The collection consists of slides, notes, articles, and correspondence related to the professional presentations of Dr. Edward
R. B. McCabe. It includes materials related to Dr. McCabe’s teaching and research on the following topics: newborn screening,
mental retardation, genetics and molecular forensics, DNA testing and new technologies, neural tube defects, Human Genome
Project, ethical issues in genetic testing, metabolic disorders, dysmorphology and genes involved in sexual differentiation.
The arrangement scheme for this collection maintains the creator's original order.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
7158518
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