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Only by bringing together the brightest minds can we ever hope to understand the deep complexities of the human genome. Faculty at the Department of Human Genetics at UCLA represent a diverse array of expertise and interests that make all our work and progress possible.

Department of Human Genetics Groups:
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Faculty

Primary Appointments

Paul Boutros, PhD
Professor
Human Genetics
 

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Rita Cantor, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Human Genetics
 

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Esteban Dell'Angelica, PhD
Professor
Human Genetics
 

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Guoping Fan, PhD
Professor
Human Genetics
 

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Steve Horvath, PhD
Professor
Human Genetics
 

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Leonid Kruglyak, PhD
Distinguished Professor
Human Genetics
 

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Chongyuan Luo, PhD
Assistant Professor
Human Genetics
 

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Julian Martinez, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Human Genetics
 

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Stanley Nelson, MD
Professor-in-Residence
Human Genetics
 

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Paivi Pajukanta, MD, PhD
Professor
Human Genetics
 

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Jeanette Papp, PhD
Adjunct Professor
Human Genetics
 

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Karen Reue, PhD
Professor
Human Genetics
 

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Janet Sinsheimer, PhD
Professor
Human Genetics
 

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Eric Sobel, PhD
Adjunct Professor
Human Genetics
 

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Marc Suchard, MD, PhD
Professor
Human Genetics
 

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Yi Yin, PhD
Assistant Professor
Human Genetics
 

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Faculty

Joint Appointments

Valerie Arboleda, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor-in-Residence
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
 

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Daniel Benjamin, PhD
Professor
Behavioral Economics and Genoeconomics

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Stephen Cederbaum, MD
Professor Emeritus
Human Genetics
 

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Eleazar Eskin, PhD
Professor
Computational Medicine
 

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Jonathan Flint, MD
Professor-in-Residence
Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences

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Brent Fogel, MD, PhD
Associate Professor-in-Residence
Neurology
 

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Nelson Freimer, MD
Professor-in-Residence
Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences

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Michael Gandal, PhD
Assistant Professor-in-Residence
Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences

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Nandita Garud, PhD
Assistant Professor
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
 

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Richard Gatti, MD
Professor Emeritus
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
 

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Daniel Geschwind, MD, PhD
Professor-in-Residence
Neurology
 

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Michael Gorin, MD, PhD
Professor
Ophthalmology
 

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Wayne Grody, MD, PhD
Professor
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
 

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Eran Halperin, PhD
Professor
Computer Science
 

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Deborah Krakow, MD
Professor
Orthopaedic Surgery
 

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Kenneth Lange, PhD
Professor
Biomathematics
 

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Jingyi Jessica Li, PhD
Associate Professor
Statistics
 

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Kirk Lohmueller, PhD
Associate Professor
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
 

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Jake Lusis, PhD
Professor
Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics

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Roel Ophoff, PhD
Professor-in-Residence
Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences

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Christina Palmer, PhD
Professor-in-Residence
Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences

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Bogdan Pasaniuc, PhD
Associate Professor
Computational Medicine
 

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Matteo Pellegrini, PhD
Professor
Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology

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Harold Pimentel, PhD
Assistant Professor
Computational Medicine
 

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Joseph Pisegna, MD
Professor-in-Residence
Medicine
 

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Jerome Rotter, MD, PhD
Professor-in-Residence
Medicine
 

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Sriram Sankararaman, PhD
Assistant Professor
Computer Science
 

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Stephen Young, MD
Distinguished Professor
Medicine
 

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Graduate Students

Genetics and Genomics PhD Program

Marcus Alvarez
Doctoral Student
Pajukanta Lab

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Toni Boltz
Doctoral Student
Ophoff Lab

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Leroy Bondus
Doctoral Student
Arboleda Lab

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James Boocock
Doctoral Student
Kruglyak Lab

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Alex Chubick
Doctoral Student
Ophoff Lab

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Yonatan Cooper
Doctoral Student
Geschwind Lab

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Arun Durvasula
Doctoral Student
Lohmueller & Sankararaman Labs

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Chantle Edillor
Doctoral Student
Lusis & Pellegrini Labs

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Alejandro Espinoza
Doctoral Student
 

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Colin Farrell
Doctoral Student
Pellegrini Lab

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Kristina Garske
Doctoral Student
Pajukanta Lab

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Jennifer Grundman
Doctoral Student
 

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Kevyn Hart
Doctoral Student
Kohn Lab

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Eric Heinrichs
Doctoral Student
Novitch Lab

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Serina Huang
Doctoral Student
Li Lab

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Samantha Jensen
Doctoral Student
Geschwind Lab

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Minsoo Kim
Doctoral Student
Gandal Lab

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Misty Knight
Doctoral Student
Rexach & Pasaniuc Labs

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Katie Leap
Doctoral Student
Martinez Lab

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Tony Lee
Doctoral Student
Pajukanta Lab

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Jiajin Li
Doctoral Student
Sul Lab

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Isabella Lin
Doctoral Student
Arboleda Lab

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Aileen Nava
Doctoral Student
Arboleda Lab

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Shirley Nieves-Rodriguez
Doctoral Student
Nelson Lab

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Maria Palafox
Doctoral Student
Backus & Arboleda Labs

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Christopher Robles
Doctoral Student
Sankararaman Lab

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Gregory Rosenberg
Doctoral Student
Eisenberg Lab

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Katherine Sheu
Doctoral Student
Hoffmann Lab

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Lisa Truong
Doctoral Student
Allard Lab

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Alexis Weber
Doctoral Student
De La Torre-Ubieta Lab

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Ye Leila Yang
Doctoral Student
Young Lab

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Nicole Zeltser
Doctoral Student
 

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Joshua Zhang
Doctoral Student
Horvath Lab

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Graduate Students

Genetic Counseling MS Program

Diana Alzate
Master's Student

Andrea Chang
Master's Student

Selena Cortez
Master's Student

Samantha Goold
Master's Student

Alyssa Hoover
Master's Student

Lily Radanovich
Master's Student

Tanvina Ria
Master's Student

Dayna Richards
Master's Student

Saanchi Shah
Master's Student

Sonya Watson
Master's Student

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Academic Researchers and Postdoctoral Scholars

Oliver Brandenberg, PhD (HHMI)
Postdoctoral Scholar
Kruglyak Lab

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Giancarlo Bruni, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Kruglyak Lab

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Kevin Chesmore, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Nelson Lab

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Peter Chovanec, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Yin Lab

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Rosario Corona de la Fuente, PhD
 
 

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Sankha Subhra Das, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Pajukanta Lab

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Longhua Guo, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Kruglyak Lab

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Amin Haghani, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Horvath Lab

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Cynthia Kusters, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Horvath Lab

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Daniel Leighton, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Kruglyak Lab

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Andrea Lim, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Horvath Lab

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Ake Lu, PhD
 
 

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Alexander Markowitz, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Boutros Lab

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Olga Schubert, PhD
Assistant Project Scientist
Kruglyak Lab

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Tzitziki Lemus Vergara, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Kruglyak Lab

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Laurent Vergnes, PhD
Researcher
Reue Lab

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JiJun Wan, PhD
 
 

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Huan Wang, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Reue Lab

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Jing Wang, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Fan Lab

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Carrie Wiese, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Reue Lab

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Stefan Zdraljevic, PhD (HHMI)
Postdoctoral Scholar
Kruglyak Lab

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Peixiang Zhang, PhD
 
 

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Chenghao Trevor Zhu, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Boutros Lab

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Administration

Ivan Cortez
Fund Manager
 
 

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Brandon Garcia
Student Affairs Officer
Genetic Counseling MS Program
 

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Jerome Keh
Student Affairs Officer
Genetics and Genomics PhD Program

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Phillip Kwan
CAO
 
 

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Issa Lutfi, MPH
Sr. Academic Personnel & HR Coordinator
 

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Charina McDonald
Fund Manager
 
 

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Blanca Ramirez
Administrative Specialist & Event Coordinator
 

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Kelly Tagami
Assistant to the Chair
 
 

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