
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

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

Ryan McCain
Communications Specialist, PMI and Informatics Institute

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, 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

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