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Marcus Alvarez

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.

Alex Chubick

Ophoff Lab
Research interests include neurogenetics and studying genetic mutations that are related to neurodegenerative diseases.

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.

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.

Michael Margolis

Geschwind Lab

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.
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