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John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics
Margaret Pericak-Vance, Ph.D

Margaret Pericak-Vance, Ph.D

Director, John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Clinical and Translational Genetics

Biography: Dr. Pericak-Vance is Director of the John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics and Executive Vice Chair of the Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Board certified by the American Board of Medical Specialties in Medical Genetics, she is a founding fellow of the American College of Medical...
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Mustafa Tekin

Mustafa Tekin, M.D.

Chair, Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, Clinical and Translational Genetics
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Biography: Dr. Mustafa Tekin is chair of the Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics and chief of the Division of Clinical and Translational Medicine. He graduated from Ankara University School of Medicine in 1992 and completed residency training in pediatrics at the same university and in clinical genetics at Virginia Commonwealth University. Dr. Tekin completed...
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Mike Cuccaro

Michael Cuccaro, Ph.D.

Professor, Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics and Department of Psychology & Behavioral Sciences
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Biography: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
Associate Professor, Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics and Department of Psychology & Behavioral Sciences
Co-Director, Center for Genomic Education and Outreach (C-GEO), John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics

Dr. Cuccaro...
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Holly Cukier

Holly N. Cukier, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor
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Biography: Dr. Cukier received her Doctoral degree from Baylor College of Medicine in the Department of Human and Molecular Genetics where she generated a novel fruit fly model of Rett syndrome, a disorder on the autism spectrum, and was awarded a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award from the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Cukier returned to the University of Miami...
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Anthony Griswold

Anthony J. Griswold, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics
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Biography: Dr. Griswold is an Assistant Professor in the Dr. John T. MacDonald Department of Human Genetics at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and in the John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (HIHG). He received a BS degree in Biology from the University of Notre Dame and his PhD in Genetics from The George Washington University where he did his dissertation...
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Rosi Isasi

Rosario Isasi, J.D., M.P.H.

Research Associate Professor
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Biography: Rosario Isasi, J.D., M.P.H. is a Research Associate Professor of Human Genetics in the Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, the John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics and Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute. She is also an Adjunct Professor of Law at UM School of Law. She has built an international reputation as a scholar with unique expertise...
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Eden Martin

Eden R. Martin, Ph.D.

Professor, Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation
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Biography: Professor, Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics and Department of Public Health Sciences
Director, The Center for Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Genetics, John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics

Eden R. Martin, Ph.D., is Director of the Center for Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Genetics at the John P....
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Jake Mccauley

Jacob L. McCauley Ph.D.

Professor, Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics
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Biography: Jacob L. McCauley, Ph.D., is a Professor of Human Genetics and Pathology and the Director of the Center for Genome Technology and Biorepository Facility at the John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics. Dr. McCauley is a genetic epidemiologist whose research focuses on the use of molecular techniques, bioinformatics, and statistical methods to identify genetic variation...
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Farid Rajabli

Assistant Professor

Biography: Dr. Rajabli is a computational biologist with special emphasis and training in Bioinformatics and artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML). Dr. Rajabli was the first to examine ancestry around the APOE locus showing that individuals with African ancestry had a decreased risk to develop AD for the APOE-4 allele thus indicating...
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Jeffery M. Vance

Jeffery M. Vance, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor and Founding Chair (2008-2013), Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics
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Biography: Jeffery M. Vance, M.D., Ph.D. is a Professor in the Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department Human Genetics (founding Chairman, 2008-2012) and a Professor of Neurology at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine. He is boarded by both the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the American College of Medical Genetics and is an elected member of the...
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Gaofeng Wang, Ph.D.

Gaofeng Wang, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics and Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
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Biography: Gaofeng Wang, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor with tenure in the Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, an Associate Professor (secondary appointment) at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, a primary member of the John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, and a member of Cancer Epigenetics Research Program in the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer...
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Liyong Wang, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor, Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics
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Biography: Dr. Wang obtained her Ph.D. degree in molecular biology at Purdue University and her postdoctoral training in the Center of Human Genetics at Duke University. Her research has focused on understanding the biological basis for common, complex human diseases using ever evolving genomic technologies. She has mapped susceptibility loci for cardiovascular diseases and neurodegenerative...
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John Gilbert, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus, Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics
Emeritus Member, John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics
Email: jgilbert@med.miami.edu