Elizabeth C. Engle

Elizabeth C. Engle is a professor of neurology and ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and a research associate at Boston Children's Hospital. She is an associate member of the Broad Institute. Her research focuses on developmental cranial nerve disorders.

Early life and education Engle is the daughter of two Ohio State University professors.

After completing residency and fellowship, she did research in the laboratories of Louis M. Kunkel and Alan Beggs at Boston Children's Hospital.

Career Engle opened her laboratory at Children's in 1997 and began studying congenital cranial dysinnervation disorders. She was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2019. She received the 2024 Bernard Sachs Award from the Child Neurology Society, "given annually to honor someone of international status who has done leading research in neuroscience with relevance to the care of children with neurological disorders."

Personal life Engle married Paul Dennehy in 2001, and they adopted a daughter from China.