Clinical Genetics
The following 13 faculty members are pursuing research related to this topic.
Das, Soma - Associate ProfessorMolecular diagnostics of genetic disease.
Dobyns, William B - ProfessorDevelopmental Neurogenetics, especially human brain development and the molecular genetics of brain malformations.
Ellis, Nathan Ames - Associate ProfessorMolecular mechanisms that maintain genomic integrity, with special emphasis on the RecQ helicases; the genetics colon cancer susceptibility.
Liu, Chun-Yu - Assistant ProfessorGenetics/genomics underlying neuropsychiatric disorders and brain functions.
Lussier, Yves A - Associate ProfessorFocus is on the use of computational systems biology and bioinformatics to accurately individualize the understanding, the prediction, and the treatment of disease.
McLeod, Rima - ProfessorImmunobiology of toxoplasmosis.
Millen, Kathleen - Associate ProfessorGenetic analysis vertebrate CNS development and the genetic basis of mental retardation and autism
Nobrega, Marcelo A - 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.
Olopade, Olufunmilayo (Funmi) F - 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.
Refetoff, Samuel - ProfessorMolecular basis of inherited thyroid diseases.
Rzhetsky, Andrey - ProfessorAnalysis of complex molecular networks for understanding common phenotypes
Verp, Marion S - Associate ProfessorReproductive genetics, prenatal screening and diagnosis, genetics and cancer risk
Waggoner, Darrel J - Assistant ProfessorMedical Director, Department of Human Genetics.