Aleksandra Foksinska
MS graduate student, Multidisciplinary Biomedical Sciences Program, undergraduate Biology major, SciTech Honors Program
Anath Shalev, M.D.
Professor, Department of Medicine
Focus areas:
Precision diabetes, beta cell biology, individualized treatment
Andrew Crouse, Ph.D.
Director of Research and Operations
Focus Areas
Rare disease, bioinformatics, daily operations
Bob Kesterson, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Genetics
Focus Areas:
Model organisms, functional studies
Brad Yoder, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Cell, Development, and Integrative Biology, UAHSF
Endowed Chair in Biomedical Research
Focus Areas:
Cilia development, ciliopathies, model organisms
Bruce Korf, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Director
Focus Areas
Rare disorders, population genomics, genomic medicine
Brittany Lasseigne, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology
Focus Areas:
Genomics, epigenetics, bioinformatics
Camerron Crowder, Ph.D.
Assistant Director
Focus Areas
Education, research outreach, science communication, rare disease and neuropsychiatric disorders
Craig Powell, M.D.
Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Virginia B. Spencer Endowed Chair, Director, Civitan International Research
Focus Areas:
Autism, intellectual disability, cognitive dysfunction
Eddy Yang, M.D., Ph.D.
Deputy Director
Focus Areas
Precision oncology, experimental therapeutics, biomarker science
Elizabeth Worthey, Ph.D.
Associate Director
Focus Areas
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Cystic Fibrosis Research, Genomic Diagnostics & Bioinformatics
Fernando Ovalle, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Focus Areas:
Precision diabetes and subtypes of diabetes classification
Forest Huls, M.D.
Assistant Director
Focus Areas
Laboratory medicine, clinical pathology, and rare disease
Jillian Tinglin
MD student, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Jordan Whitlock
Alumni analyst, Graduate Student, Graduate Biomedical Sciences Program
Lindsay Jenkins
Alumni analyst, MD student, Wayne State University
Mae Crumbley
MBA Graduate Student, University of Alabama
Matt Might, Ph.D.
Director
Focus Areas
Precision prevention, diagnosis and therapeutics across rare diseases, cancer and common/chronic conditions
Matthew Jarrell
Undergraduate Neuroscience major
Meg McCalley
Alumni analyst, MD student, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Michael Patton, M.D./Ph.D. student
Medical Scientist Training Program, artificial intelligence, bioinformatics, rare disease
Mariko Nakano, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Focus Areas:
Medical ethics, biomedical ethics, research ethics
Nan Cher Yeo, Ph.D.
Instructor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Focus Areas:
Rare-disease mechanisms, model organisms, functional studies
Nicholas Southern
Undergraduate Neuroscience major, SciTech Honors Program
Nita Limdi, Pharm.D.,Ph.D. MSPH, FAHA
Associate Director
Focus Areas
Pharmacogenomic, common diseases, implementation science
Sanjiv K. Bajaj, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor, VAMC Section
Focus Areas:
Global health and body imaging, with special interest in MRI and Ultrasound
Sienna Rucka
Undergraduate Neuroscience major, SciTech Honors Program
Starlette Dabbs, M.B.A.
JHS Administrator for Precision Medicine, Genomics and Genetics
Stephen Barnes, Ph.D.
Professor, Pharmacology & Toxicology, Director, Targeted Metabolomics and Proteomics Labratory
Focus areas:
Conjugation of bile acids; polyphenols, lens cataracts and omics
Summer Thyme, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology
Focus Areas: Neuropsychiatric disorders, model organisms, drug screens
Tamsyn Osborn
Program coordinator
Focus Areas:
Administration, event organizer, science communication
William Byrd, Ph.D.
Assistant Director
Focus Areas
Precision biomedical informatics, artificial intelligence