ErinCooneyMDFAAP, FACMG

Summary

• Dr. Erin Cooney is an Associate Professor in the Division of Medical Genetics and Metabolism. Her clinical focus is on medical genetics and the inborn errors of metabolism. She is the Medical Director for UTMB Biochemical Genetics and Newborn Screening, and Genetics of Autism Clinic; and Medical Supervisor for UTMB Prenatal Genetics. Dr. Cooney is a consultant for the Texas Newborn Screening Program and advocates on a national level through the Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders Public Policy Committee.
  
  Dr. Cooney has a special interest in medical education. She works with trainees of all levels including medical and physician assistant students through the UTMB School of Medicine; genetic counseling students as adjunct faculty through the UT Health Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences; UTMB pediatric residents; and UTMB maternal fetal medicine fellows.
  
  Dr. Cooney holds undergraduate degrees in Biochemistry and Molecular Genetic Technology from the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Texas at MD Anderson Cancer Center, respectively. She received her doctoral degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston and completed Pediatrics and Clinical Genetics & Genomics residencies as well as a clinical fellowship in Medical Biochemical Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine (affiliated with Texas Children's Hospital). Dr. Cooney is triple boarded with certifications in the following: (1) Pediatrics; (2) Clinical Genetics & Genomics; and (3) Medical Biochemical Genetics.
  
  Dr. Cooney was recipient of the American College of Medical Genetics Foundation Training Award and Resident of the Year by the Baylor Department of Molecular and Human Genetics in 2017. In 2021, she was honored with the UTMB Early Career Pediatric Educator Award for Excellence in Student Education. In 2024, she was honored with the first ever UTMB Lillian L. Lockhart, MD Endowed Professorship in Genetics.