Human Genetics

Abney, Mark - Assistant ProfessorStatistical genetics, human population genetics, genetics of quantitative and complex phenotypes.

Bell, Graeme - ProfessorGenetics of diabetes and other metabolic disorders; development and regeneration of insulin-secreting pancreatic beta cells

Cox, Nancy - ProfessorQuantitative human genetics, genetics of complex human diseases, including diabetes, asthma, stuttering, and psychiatric disorders.

Das, Soma - Associate ProfessorMolecular diagnostics of genetic disease.

Di Rienzo, Anna - ProfessorHuman genetic variation and the evolution of common diseases.

Dobyns, William - ProfessorDevelopmental Neurogenetics, especially human brain development and the molecular genetics of brain malformations.

Gilad, Yoav - Assistant ProfessorEvolution of gene expression in primates; Evolution of the sense of smell.

Gilliam, Conrad - ProfessorOur group is generally focused upon identification of genetic determinants of common genetic disorders, with a particular emphasis on neurological and psychiatric genetic disease.

Hudson, Richard - ProfessorPopulation genetics theory and the analysis of molecular variation within and between populations.

Lahn, Bruce - ProfessorHuman evolutionary genetics, genomics, bioinformatics, neurogenetics, and stem cell biology.

Le Beau, Michelle - ProfessorMolecular analysis of recurring chromosomal abnormalities in human tumors; identification of cooperating mutations and genetic pathways leading to transformation.

McNally, Elizabeth - ProfessorGenetics of heart and muscle development and disease in humans and mice.

McPeek, Mary Sara - ProfessorApplications of probability and statistics to genetics; complex trait mapping; counting-process models for genetic recombination.

Millen, Kathleen - Associate ProfessorGenetic analysis of pattern formation during vertebrate CNS development and the genetic basis of congenital brain malformations in humans.

Nobrega, Marcelo - Assistant ProfessorGenetics of heart development and congenital heart diseases. Genetic engineering of mouse models of human diseases. Genomic organization and gene regulatory architecture. Vertebrate comparative genomics.

Ober, Carole - ProfessorComplex trait genetics; human population genetics; HLA and fertility.

Olopade, Olufunmilayo (Funmi) - ProfessorCancer genetics and epigenetics, molecular genetics of breast and ovarian cancer; genetics of cancer predisposition in diverse populations including BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, inflammation and cancer.

Palmer, Abraham - Assistant ProfessorGenetic basis of animal behavior, quantitative trait mapping, drug abuse and psychiatric phenotypes, translation of genetic findings to human populations

Pritchard, Jonathan - ProfessorStatistical genetics and population genetics; applications include complex disease mapping, human evolution and molecular evolution.

Przeworski, Molly - Assistant ProfessorPopulation genetics, human evolution

Rowley, Janet - ProfessorChanges in gene expression in human leukemia cells with recurring chromosome translocations

Rzhetsky, Andrey - ProfessorAnalysis of complex molecular networks for understanding common phenotypes

Schwartz, Stuart - ProfessorMolecular cytogenetics; chromosome structure and function; phenotype-karyotype correlations; centromere structure.

Verp, Marion - Associate ProfessorReproductive genetics, prenatal screening and diagnosis, genetics and cancer risk

Waggoner, Darrel - Assistant ProfessorMedical Director, Department of Human Genetics.