A hub of deep expertise, the Department of Human Genetics helps partners across UCLA interpret data and leverage genomic technology to improve study design and solve medical problems.
We demystify genetic complexities to provide vital insights for a range of clinical and research applications. We strive to improve the care of as many patients as possible by pushing our capabilities, developing novel ways to address unanswered questions.
“Our work can uncover solutions to nearly any medical problem because genetics pervades all clinical specialties; anything you can think of that differs between individuals—including susceptibility to diseases—has a genetic component. By uncovering genetic variables, we hope to deliver more precise, more effective treatments."
- Leonid Kruglyak, PhD, Chair, Department of Human Genetics at UCLA
Your next collaboration is right down the street.
Our enviable proximity to the world’s brightest scientific minds enables both thriving scheduled events and impromptu sidewalk powwows. A casual conversation during your coffee run could lead to your next big publication.
Come find out why innovation lives here.
Paul Boutros, PhD
Nature Medicine published a paper on the genetics of prostate cancer. UCLA researchers discover the potential of DNA markers to predict prostate cancer growth.
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Steve Horvath, PhD
The precision of the epigenetic clock is the methodology that accurately measure biomarker of aging and could measure child development.
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Chongyuan Luo, PhD
The Department of Human Genetics welcomes Dr. Chongyuan Luo as our new Assistant Professor to our team of world class faculty researchers here at the UCLA.
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Katherine Sheu
Graduate Student Researcher Katherine Sheu is co-first author of an interdisciplinary team of scientists that found small cell neuroendocrine cancers have common molecular signature and share drug sensitivities with blood cancers.
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