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Barry J. Byrne, M.D., Ph.D., is the director of the University of Florida Powell Gene Therapy Center, a professor in Pediatrics and Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, and the associate chair in Pediatrics at the University of Florida. He earned both his Ph.D. and M.D. at the University of Illinois and completed his Pediatrics residency, cardiology fellowship training and post-doctoral training in biological chemistry at Johns Hopkins University. Barry Byrne’s research is aimed at understanding types of inherited muscle disease, which lead to heart and skeletal muscle dysfunction. His current research focuses on helping those affected by Pompe disease, an autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disease, and Barth syndrome, a chromosomal X-linked defect.
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