Sue Povey

human geneticist

Susan Povey FMedSci (1942 – 11 January 2019), also known as Sue, was a British geneticist. From 1970 to 2000 she was at the Medical Research Council's Human Biochemical Genetics Unit at the Galton Laboratory.

She was a professor at University College London from 2000 to 2007,[1] becoming Emeritus after retirement.[1]

She was chair of the HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee from 1996 to 2007. Povey was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci) in 2000.[1]

Povey died on 11 January 2019 at the age of 76.[2]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Sue Povey MD Professor Emeritus of Human Genetics". Retrieved 19 June 2017.[permanent dead link]
  2. In Memoriam: Margaret Susan (Sue) Povey, 1942–2019