Associate Professor and Director of Bioinformatics

Research Areas
Bioinformatics to study Complex Biological Systems and Disease; Precision Medicine

Biography

Dr. Edwards holds a Ph.D. and an M.S. in Bioinformatics from Birkbeck College, University of London, United Kingdom and a B.S. in Biochemistry and Pharmacology from Kings College, University of London, United Kingdom.

Dr. Edwards has over 25 years of leadership experience in Bioinformatics research and development in world renowned medical research organizations such as the NIH National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, US and the Medical Research Council, England, UK. Dr Edwards has expertise in the application of next-generation sequencing technologies to study genetic variation in human health and disease at the genome, transcriptome, and proteome levels. Dr Edwards has a track record of making highly recognized research contributions and enabling next generation sequencing technologies to support clinical research to study various types of cancers, (pancreatic, ovarian, breast, melanoma, renal, colorectal, cervical), and other complex medical conditions such as Cystic Fibrosis, COPD, Cystic Kidney Disease, metabolic syndromes, deafness syndromes and HIV infectious disease. Dr Edwards is a scientific contributor of approximately 60 peer-reviewed PubMed publications and has co-authored an additional 60 book reviews, book chapters, conference abstracts and presentations. Dr Edwards serves as Associate Editor and Editorial Board member for Briefings in Bioinformatics ranked #1 for Mathematical and Computational Biology and #3 for Biochemical Research Methods (Impact Factor 13.99, 2021).

Education

Graduate School
Ph.D., Birkbeck College, University of London, London, United Kingdom

Contact

Office
Kaul Human Genetics Building
Building Room 540C
720 20th Street South
Birmingham, AL 35294

Phone
205-996-4349

Email
yedwards@uab.edu