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Department of Human Genetics

Faculty and Research

Center faculty consists of distinguished and innovative researchers that work on cutting-edge topics in quantitative genetics.

Emily Allen, PhD Associate Professor, Human Genetics

  • Genetic epidemiology of fragile X-associated conditions
  • Genetic epidemiology of Down syndrome

Emily Allen, PhD

Karen N. Conneely, PhD Associate Professor, Human Genetics

  • Genomics and Epigenetics 
  • Statistical Genetics 
  • Statistical Genomics

Karen N. Conneely, PhD

David J. Cutler, PhD Associate Professor, Human Genetics

  • Computational Biology

  • Genetic Epidemiology of

    • Alzheimer's Disease

    • Autism

    • Fragile X Syndrome

    • Psychiatric Disorders

  • Population Genetics

  • Statistical Genetics

David Cutler

Xiangqin Cui, PhD Research Associate Professor, Rollins School of Public Health

  • Genomics and Epigenetics
  • Genetic Epidemiology of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Xiangqin Cui, PhD

Michael P. Epstein, PhD Professor, Human Genetics

  • Genetic Epidemiology of
    • Epilepsy
    • Fragile X Syndrome
    • Psychiatric Disorders
  • Statistical Genetics

Michael P. Epstein, PhD

David Gorkin, PhD Assistant Professor, Biology

  • Computational Biology
  • Genomics and Epigenetics

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Jian Hu, PhD Assistant Professor, Human Genetics

• Statistical Genomics
• Digital Pathology
• Spatial Multi-Omics
• Machine Learning

Dr. Jian Hu

Anke Huels, PhD Assistant Professor Faculty, Epidemiology Jointly Appointed, Environmental Health

  • Genomics and Epigenetics
  • Genetic Epidemiology of
    • Alzheimer's Disease
    • Asthma
    • Psychiatric Disorders
  • Statistical Genetics

Anke Huels, PhD

Peng Jin, PhD Professor and Vice Chair, Human Genetics

  • Genomics and Epigenetics
  • Genetic Epidemiology of Fragile X Syndrome 

Peng Jin, PhD

Yi-An Ko, PhD Research Assistant Professor, Rollins School of Public Health

  • Genetic Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease 

Yi-An Ko, PhD

Elizabeth J. Leslie, PhD Assistant Professor, Human Genetics

  • Genetic Epidemiology of Craniofacial Birth Defects and Rare Pediatric Disorders

Elizabeth J. Leslie, PhD

Paula Ramos, PhD Associate Professor, Medicine

• Genetic epidemiology of autoimmune disorders
• Population genomics and epigenomics
• Social epigenomics

Paula Ramos, PhD

Zhaohui "Steve" Qin, PhD Associate Professor, Rollins School of Public Health

  • Genomics and Epigenetics
  • Genetic Epidemiology of Asthma
  • Statistical Genomics

Zhaohui "Steve" Qin, PhD

Glen A. Satten, PhD Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  • Statistical Genetics 

Glen A. Satten, PhD

Joellen M. Schildkraut, PhD Professor, Rollins School of Public Health

  • Genomics and Epigenetics
  • Genetic Epidemiology of Cancer

Joellen M. Schildkraut, PhD

Stephanie L. Sherman, PhD Professor Emeritus, Human Genetics

  • Genetic Epidemiology of Down Syndrome and Fragile X Syndrome

Stephanie Sherman

Alicia K. Smith, PhD Professor and Vice Chair of Research, Gynecology and Obstetrics

  • Genomics and Epigenetics
  • Genetic Epidemiology of Psychiatric Disorders 

Alicia Smith, PhD

Chang Su, PhD Assistant Professor, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics

  • Single cell genomics 
  • Statistical genetics
  • Genetic Epidemiology of Alzheimer’s disease

Chang Su, PhD

Yan Sun, PhD Associate Professor, Rollins School of Public Health

  • Genomics and Epigenetics
  • Genetic Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease

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Irwin Waldman, PhD Professor, Psychology

  • Behavior Genetics
  • Genetic Epidemiology of Psychiatric Disorders

Irwin Waldman, PhD

Joshua Weinstock, PhD Assistant Professor, Human Genetics

  • Statistical genetics and genomics
  • Genetic epidemiology of clonal hematopoiesis 

Joshua Weinstock, PhD

Julia Wrobel, PhD Assistant Professor, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics

  • Spatial ‘omics, specializing in spatial proteomics
  • Multiplex imaging
  • Spatial analysis in ovarian cancer
  • Wearables
  • Longitudinal data analysis

Julia Wrobel, PhD

Jingjing Yang, PhD Assistant Professor, Human Genetics

  • Statistical Genomics and Epigenetics
  • Machine Learning
  • Statistical Data Analysis

Jingjing Yang, PhD

Jindan Yu, MD, PhD Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Urology

  • Prostate and other genitourinary cancers
  • Single-cell sequencing
  • Spatial transcriptomics/proteomics
  • Nanopore long-read sequencing technologies

Jindan Yu, MD, PhD

Jonathan Zhao, MD, MA Associate Professor, Human Genetics

  • Prostate and other genitourinary cancers
  • Genomics and epigenetics

Jonathan Zhao, MD, MA