Research Faculty | Clinical Faculty | Clinical Lab Faculty | Core Lab Faculty | Adjunct Faculty | Emeritus Faculty
Research Faculty
Jake Chen, Ph.D.
Professor
Areas of Interest
Systems biology, data mining, advanced visual analytics for complex human disease applications.
Zechen Chong, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest
Genomics, Bioinformatics, Structural variations, Genomic algorithms
Anindya Dutta, Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Genetics
Professor
Areas of Interest
Bioinformatics and Genomics, Biotechnology, Cancer Biology, Epigenetics, Molecular Biology
Mick Edmonds, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest
Cancer genetics
John Hartman, M.D.
Associate Professor
Areas of Interest
Yeast phenomic analysis for modeling genetic networks that buffer disease
Kai Jiao, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Research
Professor
Areas of Interest
Genetic and epigenetic regulation of heart development
Robert A. Kesterson, Ph.D.
Professor
Areas of Interest
Hypothalamic control of feeding behavior
Andre Leier, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest
Computational Biomedicine, Disease Modelling, Membrane Biophysics, Bioinformatics
Runhua (Runa) Liu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Areas of Interest
Cancer genetics
Tatiana Marquez-Lago, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Areas of Interest
Host-microbiota interactions, antimicrobial resistance, chromatin conformation and gene expression (interdisciplinary research involving ‘wet’ experimental and ‘dry’ mathematical and computational work).
Katsuri Mitra, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest
Mitochondrial structure-function
Deeann Wallis-Schultz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Areas of Interest
Neurofibromatosis drug discovery
Lizhong Wang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Areas of Interest
Molecular genetics
Clinical Faculty
Ali Al-Beshri, MBBS
Assistant Professor
S. Joy Dean, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Anna Chesson Edens Hurst, M.D.
Program Director, Medical Genetics Residency Program
Associate Professor
Areas of Interest
Clinical genetics, dysmorphology, Undiagnosed Disease Program
Bruce R. Korf, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Dean, Genomic Medicine and Chief Genomics Officer
Professor
Areas of Interest
Neurofibromatosis type 1
Nathaniel H. Robin, M.D.
Director, Clinical Services
Professor
Areas of Interest
Clinical Genetics (Craniofacial Genetics)
Clinical Lab Faculty
Andrew J. Carroll, Ph.D.
Professor
Areas of Interest
Cancer cytogenetics, chromosome polymorphisms, clinical cytogenetics
Juan Dong, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Fady Mikhail, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Areas of Interest
Clinical cytogenetics; cancer cytogenetics; FISH; array CGH
Jon Daniel Sharer, Ph.D.
Professor
Areas of Interest
Biochemical genetics
Core Lab Faculty
David Crossman, Ph.D.
Professor
Areas of Interest
Servicing the UAB community in their Big Data analytical needs
Michael Crowley, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Laura Lambert, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Adjunct Faculty
McDonald, Merry-Lynn, Ph.D.