He was a member of the consortium that identified the Lamin A gene as the cause of the accelerated aging disease Hutchinson–Gilford progeria syndrome and participated in the first National Institutes of Health – Progeria Research Foundation workshop.
He was part of a group that identified the Lamin A gene as the cause of Hutchinson–Gilford progeria syndrome and participated in the first National Institutes of Health – Progeria Research Foundation meeting.