Pajukanta Lab Research interests include following up lipid GWAS signals using high-throughput data sets, primarily RNA sequencing, to identify specific variants, genes, and mechanisms involved in metabolic disease, primarily cardiovascular disease and dyslipidemia.
Jasmine Amerasekera
Toni Boltz
Ophoff Lab Research interests include studying the genetics of complex diseases like psychiatric illness through the use of computational genetics methods.
Leroy Bondhus
Arboleda Lab Research interests include understanding the logic that organizes the genome and orchestrates its function across diverse contexts.
James Boocock
Kruglyak Lab Research interests include new methods for performing functional annotation of association studies, uncovering regions under natural selection in human populations, and the role that structural variation plays in complex traits.
Alex Chubick
Ophoff Lab Research interests include neurogenetics and studying genetic mutations that are related to neurodegenerative diseases.
Chantle Edillor
Lusis & Pellegrini Labs Research interests include the epigenetics of complex disease, systems genetics, and personal genomics. My out-of-lab interests are art+science, social media, and being a low-key foodie.
Alejandro Espinoza
Pellegrini Lab Research interests include integrating genomic information for disease discovery and personalized medicine.
Jennifer Grundman
Geschwind Lab
Chloe Hanson
Research interests include using multi-omic approaches to better understand the physiology of neurodegenerative disorders with the goal of contributing to therapy development.
Kevyn Hart
Kohn Lab
Eric Heinrichs
Novitch Lab Research interests include developing models of Alzheimer’s disease using human brain organoids and investigating neurodevelopmental genetics using single cell sequencing techniques.
Serina Huang
Li Lab Research interests include studying the role of host factors in viral infection and the effect of positive selection on antiviral genes.
Samantha Jensen
Geschwind Lab Research interests include using bioinformatic techniques to investigate the biological mechanisms of neuropsychiatric diseases, including depression, anxiety, and Alzheimer's disease.
Minsoo Kim
Gandal Lab Research interests include investigating the pathophysiology of neurodevelopmental disorders through functional genomics type of analysis.
Misty Knight
Rexach & Pasaniuc Labs
Alexander Kot
Krakow Lab Research interests include genetic and molecular basis of skeletal dysplasias.
Katie Leap
Martinez Lab Research interests include functional consequences of somatic mutations and epigenetic variants and developing cell culture models of disease, specifically in endometriosis. When not in lab, I'm in lab.
Tony Lee
Pajukanta Lab Research interests include identifying biological mechanisms for cardiometabolic disorders by integrating DNA variant and single-cell omics data of metabolic tissues with cardiometabolic traits.
Jiajin Li
Sul Lab Research interests include mining genetic information from sequencing data and developing new methods for analysis.
Isabella Lin
Arboleda Lab Research interests include evaluating the functional mechanisms underlying the intersection between complex traits and rare diseases via systematically validating variants of interest in vitro.
Aina Martinez i Zurita
Aileen Nava
Arboleda Lab
Shirley Nieves-Rodriguez
Nelson Lab Research interests include the development of diagnostic tools and therapies for genetic diseases, and their translation to the clinical setting.
Maria Palafox
Backus & Arboleda Labs Research interests include developing a pipeline that serves as a direct path between characterizing missense variants in a given exome and targeted therapeutic drug development.
Christopher Robles
Sankararaman Lab Research interests include bioinformatics, next-generation sequencing applications, and technology development. Outside of lab I enjoy rock climbing, cycling, and brewing beer.
Gregory Rosenberg
Eisenberg Lab Research interests include the genetic and molecular basis of complex traits and diseases, as well normal human biological function and applying this understanding to causal models and therapeutic approaches.
Laila Sathe
Lisa Truong
Allard Lab Research interests include studying the genetics that contribute to proper chromosome segregation during meiosis. In particular, I am interested in how improper segregation and aneuploidies can affect embryonic development and lead to genetic disease like Down syndrome.
Brandon Tsai
Boutros Lab Research interests include cancer genomics and exercise oncology.
Michael Wasney
Research interests include the epigenetic basis for gene regulation, single-cell -omics, and the role of the microbiome in human states of health and disease. Outside of the lab, I enjoy find me cooking, biking, reading, and writing.
Alexis Weber
De La Torre-Ubieta Lab Research interests include the role of epigenomics in neurodevelopment and Down syndrome.
Ye Leila Yang
Young Lab
Nicole Zeltser
Boutros Lab
Joshua Zhang
Horvath Lab Research interests include studying the molecular and genetic mechanisms of human aging, and translational aging research.
