title: James F. Gusella
text: # James F. Gusella
  
  James Francis Gusella (born 1952 in Ottawa) is a Canadian molecular biologist and geneticist, also known as "Lucky Jim". He is professor of neurogenetics and director of the Center for Neurofibromatosis and Allied Disorders at Harvard Medical School, and director of the Center for Human Genetic Research at Massachusetts General Hospital.
  
  ## Awards
  
  In 1997 he was awarded the King Faisal International Prize in Medicine together with Konrad Beyreuther and Colin L. Masters for contributions to the understanding of neurodegenerative diseases. He has also received the Metlife Foundation Award for Medical Research in Alzheimer's Disease (1987), the Taylor Prize (1994), the Charles A. Dana Award for Pioneering Achievement in Health and Education (1998), the Neuronal Plasticity Prize (2004), and the William Allan Award of the American Society of Human Genetics (2016).
  
  