Sally A. Camper

Sally A. Camper is the Margery Shaw Distinguished University Professor of Human Genetics and Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan's Medical School. She holds dual appointments in Human Genetics and Internal Medicine departments. Her academic career began in 1988 as an Assistant Professor at U-M, where she established the Transgenic Animal Model Core facility and served as Department Chair from 2005 to 2015.

Education: BA in Chemistry (University of Delaware, 1977), PhD in Biochemistry (Michigan State University, 1983), followed by postdoctoral training at Case Western Reserve University, Fox Chase Cancer Center, and Princeton University.

Research focuses on genetic mechanisms underlying neuroendocrine system development, particularly hypopituitarism. Pioneered transgenic mouse models to study developmental gene expression in human genetic disorders. Collaborates internationally to identify genetic causes of pituitary disorders and elucidate roles of transcription factors like PROP1 and signaling pathways in pituitary development.

Recent work emphasizes pituitary stem cell differentiation (WNT signaling), nuclear factor interactions, and translational research linking mouse models to human cases. Key contributions include identifying nucleoredoxin's role in pituitary development and Ash1l's impact on cortical development.

• Awards: Roy O. Greep Award, NIH Merit Award, AAAS Fellowship
• Lab Affiliations: Global REACH, Rogel Cancer Center, Center for Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics

Active in mentoring and institutional leadership, advancing women in academic medicine through initiatives like the Muraszko Award. Current projects explore long noncoding RNAs in pituitary development and computational tools for gene co-expression analysis (TIME-CoExpress).