Joann A. Boughman
Joann A. Boughman
is the Executive Vice President of the American Society of
Human Genetics.
Prior to becoming the Executive Vice President of the American
Society of Human Genetics in 2001, Dr. Boughman was Vice President
for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Graduate School at the
University of Maryland, Baltimore.
She is an adjunct professor of pediatrics at the University
of Maryland School of Medicine; consultant to the Greater
Baltimore Alliance; and advisor to the Maryland Science Center.
She received her B. S. in Medical Technology and her Ph.D.
in Medical Genetics at Indiana University.
Dr. Boughman lives in Potomac. She was reappointed to the Commission
in July 2006. Her term on the Commission expires in 2011.