Aleksandra Foksinska, MS
Program Coordinator, Case Analyst
Alexandria Howard
Undergraduate, UAB Neuroscience and Genetics Major
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
Ashley Ferguson
Undergraduate, UA Biology Major
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
Brittany Lasseigne, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology
Focus Areas:
Genomics, epigenetics, bioinformatics
Bruce Korf, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Director
Focus Areas
Rare disorders, population genomics, genomic medicine
Camerron Crowder, Ph.D.
Assistant Director
Assistant Professor of Neurology
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
Crayton "Tony" Fargason, Jr., M.D., MBA
Deputy Medical Director, Vice President Clinical Affairs Children's of AL
Eddy Yang, M.D., Ph.D.
Deputy Director
Focus Areas
Precision oncology, experimental therapeutics, biomarker science
Elaina Solano
Undergraduate, UAB Neuroscience Major, Accelerated Bachelor/Masters Student
Elizabeth Pollard, M.S.
Analyst Alum, MD Student at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
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
Ksenia Matlawska-Wasowska, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Focus Areas: Pathways that regulate T-ALL progression and dissemination in pediatric and adult populations, and the role of CNS infiltration and inflammation in these processes
Lindsay Jenkins
Alumni analyst, MD student, Wayne State University
Madeline Eckenrode, M.D.
Medical Director
Assistant Professor in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Mae Crumbley, MBA
Analyst Alum, MD Student at University of Michigan Medical School
Mariko Nakano, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Focus Areas:
Medical ethics, biomedical ethics, research ethics
Matt Might, Ph.D.
Director
Focus Areas
Precision prevention, diagnosis and therapeutics across rare diseases, cancer and common/chronic conditions
Matthew Jarrell, MS
Analyst Alum, MD Student at UAB School of Medicine
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
Nate Fehrmann
Undergraduate, UAB Neuroscience Major, Accelerated Bachelor/Masters Student
Nicholas Southern, MS
Analyst Alum, Doctoral Student at Technische Universitat Darmstadt Center for Synthetic Biology (Germany)
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, MS
Analyst Alum, MD Student at St. George's University School of Medicine
Starlette Dabbs
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
Tanya Wiggins, MBA
Financial Officer III, Genetics and Precision Medicine Institute
William Byrd, Ph.D.
Assistant Director
Focus Areas
Precision biomedical informatics, artificial intelligence
Greg Rosenblatt
Research Scientist
Focus Areas
Computer programming, artificial intelligence, bioinformatics