
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.
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Director, Multidisciplinary Comprehensive Diabetes Clinic
Focus Areas:
Precision diabetes and subtypes of diabetes classification

Forest Huls, M.D.
Assistant Director
Focus Areas
Laboratory medicine, clinical pathology, and rare disease

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
Tanya Wiggins
Buisiness Officer 11, School of Medicine, Department of Genetics

Thi Kim Tran-Nguyen
Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Medicine
Focus areas:
Immunology, bioinformatics, artificial intelligence

William Byrd, Ph.D.
Assistant Director
Focus Areas
Precision biomedical informatics, artificial intelligence