title: A Conversation with Kurt and Rochelle Hirschhorn.
abstract: In this interview, Kurt and Rochelle Hirschhorn talk with their son, Joel, about their research and collaborations, the early years of medical genetics, the development of genetic counseling, the challenges of being a woman in science, and new challenges and directions for the study of human genetics.
authors.affiliation: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029; email: kurt.hirschhorn@mssm.edu.
authors.forename: Kurt
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirschhorn
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016; email: hirscr01@med.nyu.edu.
authors.forename: Rochelle
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hirschhorn
authors.affiliation: Program in Medical and Population Genetics, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142; email: joelh@broadinstitute.org.|Division of Endocrinology and Center for Basic and Translational Obesity Research, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
authors.forename: Joel N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Hirschhorn
mesh_terms: D000243:Adenosine Deaminase / Q000172:deficiency; D005826:Genetics, Medical / Q000266:history*; D006009:Glycogen Storage Disease Type II; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D016464:Lysosomal Storage Diseases; D014481:United States; D054877:Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome
chemical_list: D000243:Adenosine Deaminase
keywords: Pompe disease; Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome; adenosine deaminase deficiency; genetic counseling; lymphocytes; lysosomal storage disorders; mosaicism; somatic reversion