Linda McCabe is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics. She is responsible for Bioethics for the Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome. She is the Managing Editor of Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, an Elsevier journal.
Contact Information:
Office: 303-724-6575
Fax: 303-724-5741
Email: linda.mccabe@ucdenver.edu
Education:
1965 B.A. Psychology and Spanish, Towson State College, Baltimore, MD
1972 Ph.D. Experimental Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
1974-77 Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Research in Human Learning, University of
Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1977-79 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Health
Science Center, Denver, Colorado
Selected Publications:
L.L. McCabe and E.R.B. McCabe. Are we entering a “perfect storm” for a resurgence of eugenics? Science, medicine and their social context. In A Century of Eugenics in America: From the Indiana Experiment to the Human Genome Era. P. Lombardo (Ed.) Indianapolis: University of Indiana Press. 2010, pp. 193-218.
L.L. McCabe and E.R.B. McCabe: Down syndrome: Coercion and eugenics. Genetics in Medicine. 13:708-710, 2011.
L.L. McCabe and E.R.B. McCabe: Personalized medicine for individuals with Down syndrome. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 104:7-9, 2011.
L.L. McCabe and E.R.B. McCabe: Down syndrome: Issues to consider in a national registry, research database and biobank. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 104:10-12, 2011.
M.L. Oster-Granite, M.A. Parisi, L. Abbeduto, D. Berlin, C. Bodine, D. Bynum, G. Capone, E. Collier, D. Hall, L. Kaeser, P. Kaufmann, J. Krischer, M. Livingston, L.L. McCabe, J. Pace, K. Pfenninger, S. Rasmussen, R. Reeves, Y. Rubenstein, S. Serrate-Sztein, S. Sherman, S. Terry, M. Sie Whitten, S. Williams, E.R.B. McCabe, and Y.T. Maddox. Conference Proceedings: Down Syndrome: National Conference on Patient Registries, Research Databases, and Biobanks. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 104: 13-22, 2011.
L.L. McCabe, F. Hickey, and E.R.B. McCabe: Down syndrome: Addressing the gaps. Journal of Pediatrics. 159:525-526, 2011.
Books:
L.L. McCabe and E.R.B. McCabe: DNA: Promise and Peril. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008. (Paperback edition 2010)
L.L. McCabe and E.R.B. McCabe: How to Succeed in Academics. Second Edition. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010.
Selected Professional Service:
Organizer and Lecturer, How to Succeed in Academics Workshops (1992-Present)
Coordinator, Pediatric Research, Innovation and Mentoring Experience, UCLA (1994-2010)
Member, UCLA Medical Institutional Review Board (1997-2005)
Member, Subcommittee on Genetic Research, Human Research Policy Board, UCLA (1998-2003)
Recruiter, UCLA Child Health Research Career Development Award (1996-2006)
Coordinator, Human and Molecular Development Training Program, UCLA (1998-2010)
Organizer and Lecturer, Ethical Issues in Human Genetics Course, UCLA (2000-2010)
Faculty, UCLA Center for Society and Genetics (2001-2010)
Organizer and Lecturer, DNA: Promise and Peril, UCLA (2003-2010)
Member, Blue Ribbon Task Force, 2011 Review of Promotion and Tenure Criteria, University of Colorado School of Medicine (2010-Present)
Member, Academic Affairs Group, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine (2011-Present)
Member, American Society of Human Genetics Response to ANPRM Common Rule Committee (2011)
Member, Responsible Conduct of Research Curriculum Planning Committee, University of Colorado School of Medicine (2011-Present)
Community Service:
Coordinator, DNA: Promise and Peril, King Drew Magnet High School for Medicine and Science, Compton, CA (2008-2010)
Awards:
2011 Theodore D. Tjossen Research Award, National Down Syndrome Congress to the Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome
2007 Dean Eugen Weber Honors Collegium Distinguished Teaching Award, UCLA
Current Research Emphasis:
Prenatal testing and genetic counseling regarding Down syndrome
Registries, research databases and biobanks for Down syndrome research
Mentoring