Students

Marcus Alvarez

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My work involves following up lipid GWAS signals using high-throughput data sets, primarily RNA sequencing. My goal is to identify specific variants, genes, and mechanisms involved in metabolic disease, primarily cardiovascular disease and dyslipidemia.

Toni Boltz

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I'm interested in studying the genetics of complex diseases like psychiatric illness through the use of computational genetics methods.

Leroy Bondhus

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I am interested in understanding the logic that organizes the genome and orchestrates its function across diverse contexts.

James Boocock

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I am interested in understanding the genetics of complex traits. Current 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

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I’m interested in neurogenetics and studying genetic mutations that are related to neurodegenerative diseases.

Yonatan Cooper

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Functional characterization of genomic elements using massively parallel library assays.

Arun Durvasula

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My research interests center around using novel techniques and data to study the forces that produce and maintain genetic variation.

Chantle Edillor

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My 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.

Colin Farrell

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Interest in integrating genomic information for disease discovery and personalized medicine.

Kristina Garske

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I have always had a special interest in genetics and the way the human genome interacts with itself, as well as with one's environment. I am excited to apply the knowledge and skills I acquired in my previous research position to continue my education in the Genetics and Genomics program at UCLA.

Kevyn Hart

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Eric Heinrichs

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I am interested in disorders and diseases, and how to treat and prevent them.

Serina Huang

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Samantha Jensen

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Interested in using bioinformatic techniques to investigate the biological mechanisms of neuropsychiatric disease, including depression, anxiety, and Alzheimer's disease.

Minsoo Kim

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Interested in investigating the pathophysiology of neurodevelopmental disorders through functional genomics type of analysis.

Misty Knight

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Katie Leap

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I’m interested in developing causal models of disease by using differential expression in diseased vs. non-diseased tissues, specifically in endometriosis. When not in lab, I’m in lab.

Tony Lee

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I am interested in identifying biological mechanisms for cardiometabolic disorders by integrating DNA variant and single-cell omics data of metabolic tissues with cardiometabolic traits.

Jiajin Li

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Mining genetic information from sequencing data and developing new methods for analysis.

Isabella Lin

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Evaluating the functional mechanisms underlying the intersection between complex traits and rare diseases via systematically validating variants of interest in vitro. 

Aileen Nava

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Shirley Nieves-Rodriguez

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I am interested in the development of diagnostic tools and therapies for genetic diseases, and in their translation to the clinical setting.

Maria Palafox

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Interested in developing a pipeline that serves as a direct path between characterizing missense variants in a given exome and targeted therapeutic drug development.

Christopher Robles

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Interested in bioinformatics, next-generation sequencing applications, and technology development. Outside of lab I enjoy rock climbing, cycling, and brewing beer.

Gregory Rosenberg

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I am interested in 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.

Katherine Sheu

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Computational modeling of epigenome dynamics in cancer and immune cell signaling

Lisa Truong

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I am interested in 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.

Allie Weber

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Allie's primary interest is the role of epigenetics in neuropathology. In her previous work, Allie studied the role of genetic mutations and alternative chromatin conformation regulation in Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.

Joshua Zhang

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I am interested in studying the molecular and genetic mechanisms of human aging, and I am also interested in translational aging research.