Michele Lloyd-Puryear, MD, PhD, is a pediatrician and geneticist. Currently, she works as a Consultant to the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics. She has held academic appointments and has worked in pediatric clinics at the local and international levels. Previously, Dr. Puryear served as Special Advisor at the Office of the Director and Senior Medical and Science Advisor at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), NIH.
Dr. Puryear has served in an oversight and advisory capacity about genetics and newborn screening for the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, other Health and Human Services Agencies, the Department of HHS and to nongovernmental organizations. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and an Emeritus Member of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics.
Over her 25 year commitment to infants, children and mothers, she has made numerous contributions nationwide that have improved and expanded the quality, services and scope of the Newborn Screening System and Medical Homes for children identified through newborn screening.
Awards and honors for her work in maternal and child health and genetics and newborn screening include many awards from HHS, the Presidential [2005] and the George Cunningham Visionary Awards [2010] from the Association of Public Health Laboratories; the Guthrie Award from the March of Dimes [2005], and awards [2005 and 2011] from the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America and the Genetic Alliance.
