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Li Ding, PhD

David English Smith Distinguished Professor

Program affiliation
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Cancer Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Research summary
Cancer Proteogenomics and Cancer Models

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Joseph Dougherty, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology
Human and Statistical Genetics

Research summary
Human Psychiatric Genetics, Mouse Models, Cell Type Specific Gene Expression Profiling, Translation, Astrocytes.

Key words
autism, gene expression profiling, genetics, genomics, mouse models, neurobiology, astrocytes, translation regulation

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John Edwards, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Human and Statistical Genetics

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Research summary
Understanding epigenomic abnormalities in breast cancer

Key words
bioinformatics, cancer, cancer genomics, epigenetics, epigenomics, transcriptional regulation

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Bahaa Elgendy, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
Medicinal chemistry with a broad goal of drug design and organic synthesis

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Dennis Goldfarb, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Computational mass spectrometry and proteomics

Key words
Mass Spectrometry, Proteomics, Bioinformatics

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Nardhy Gomez-Lopez, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Immunology
Molecular Cell Biology
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
Our research is dedicated to investigating the immunobiological pathways that underlie such pregnancy complications, with a special emphasis on preterm birth.

Key words
Immunology of Pregnancy, Maternal-fetal Immunology, In utero Inflammation, Preterm Birth

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Geoffrey Goodhill, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
Understanding the computational principles that underly brain development, using a combination of experimental and theoretical approaches

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Jeffrey Gordon, MD

Dr. Robert J. Glaser Distinguished University Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Plant and Microbial Biosciences

Research summary
Role of the human gut microbiome in health and disease, notably childhood undernutrition and obesity

Key words
Gut microbiome; systems biology; postnatal development; childhood malnutrition; global health; gnotobiotic animal models; metabolic regulation; food webs; gut-brain axis; gut barrier/immune function; microbiome-targeted therapeutics

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Malachi Griffith, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Cancer Biology
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
Improving our understanding of human disease biology and the development of personalized medicine strategies using genomics and informatics technologies

Key words
genomics, bioinformatics, data mining, immunogenomics, precision medicine, personalized medicine, cancer vaccines, and cancer research

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C. Charles Gu, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Human and Statistical Genetics
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
Statistical genetics and bioinformatics, high-dimensional data analysis and complex systems modeling, developing novel methodologies for detecting complex disease genes and characterizing their function

Key words
genetic epidemiology, statistical genetics