Through The Looking Glass: Reading Our Future From Our Genetic Past | Dr. Peter Rotwein | TEDxElPaso

Outstanding talk on how genetics impacts our lives today and tomorrow
Peter Rotwein is a physician-scientist with clinical training in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology & Metabolism. His research focuses on the mechanisms of action of growth factors in human growth and development, and more broadly on the genetic basis of human disease. Rotwein’s career has been spent at medical universities.
He started at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis,
MO (1982-1997). From there, he moved to Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, OR (1997-2014), where he primarily did biomedical research and more recently research administration. Rotwein has received continuous peer-reviewed research funding since 1982, primarily through the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Together, with colleagues, he has published 153 peer-reviewed scientific articles and 39 reviews and book chapters.
Rotwein currently serves as Vice President for Research and as Chair of the Department of Biomedical Sciences at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at