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Elizabeth Blue

Elizabeth Blue

Associate Professor, Medical Genetics, School of Medicine
> IPHG Core Faculty
em27@uw.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Evolutionary Genetics
  • Genetic Epidemiology
  • Statistical Genetics
Robert Bradley

Robert Bradley

Associate Member, Public Health Sciences, FHCRC
rbradley@fredhutch.org
Areas of Interest:
  • RNA Biology
  • Genetic Disease
  • Cancer
Sharon Browning

Sharon Browning

Associate Professor, Biostatistics, School of Public Health
sguy@uw.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Population Genetics
  • Big Data
Brian Browning

Brian Browning

Associate Professor, Medical Genetics, School of Medicine
browning@uw.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Population Genetics
  • Big Data
Peter Byers

Peter Byers

Professor, Medical Genetics, School of Medicine
pbyers@uw.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Molecular Genetics
  • Ethical, Legal, Social Implications
Helen Chu

Helen Chu

Associate Professor, Medicine - Allergy and Infectious Dis.
helenchu@uw.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Maternal immunization- Influenza , RSV
  • Virologic and immunologic correlates of protection
  • Clinical trials of vaccine candidates in both domestic and international sites, including Nepal and Bangladesh
Sara Curran

Sara Curran

Associate Professor, International Studies & Public Affairs, Jackson School Intl. Studies
scurran@uw.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Sociology
  • Demography
Burcu Darst

Burcu Darst

Assistant Professor Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutch
bdarst@fredhutch.org
Areas of Interest:
  • Genetic and multi-omic risk factors of prostate cancer in diverse populations
  • Genetic Epidemiology
Dan Eisenberg

Daniel Eisenberg

Assistant Professor, Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences
dtae@dtae.net
Areas of Interest:
  • Genetic Anthropology
  • Evolutionary Genetics
  • Telomere Biology
Daniel Enquobahrie

Daniel Enquobahrie

Associate Professor, Epidemiology, School of Public Health
danenq@uw.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Perinatal Epidemiology
  • Cardiovascular/ Metabolic Epidemiology
  • Epigenetics
Carey  Farquhar

Carey Farquhar

Professor, Medicine - Allergy and Infectious Dis. Interim Chair, Global Health
cfarq@uw.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • HIV, Maternal child health
  • Bioethics, Epidemiology
  • Implementation Science
Alison Fohner

Alison Fohner

Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
Associate Director, Institute for Public Health Genetics
afohner@uw.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Clinical Epidemiology
  • Genetic Epidemiology
  • Health Disparities and Social Determinants of Health
  • Pharmacoepidemiology
Mandy Fretts

Mandy Fretts

Associate Professor, Epidemiology
amfretts@uw.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Cardio-metabolic disease prevention
  • Social epidemiology
  • American Indian health
  • Health disparities
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Malia Fullerton

Professor, Bioethics and Humanities
Associate Director, Institute for Public Health Genetics
smfllrtn@uw.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • ELSI of Genomics Research, Research Ethics, Population Genetics
Michael Gale Jr.

Michael Gale Jr.

Director, Center for Innate Immunity and Immune Disease
mgale@uw.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Innate immune regulation in infection, immunity, and autoimmunity
  • Immunogenetics
  • Viral genetics
Kelley Harris

Kelley Harris

Assistant Professor of Genome Sciences
harriske@uw.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Evolution of mutagenesis
  • Evolutionary history of humans and other species
  • Developing new statistical models
Vida Henderson

Vida Henderson

Assistant Professor, Cancer Prevention Program Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutch
vahender@fredhutch.org
Areas of Interest:
  • Cancer disparities & health equity
  • Qualitative and mixed methods research
  • Community-engaged research
Nora Henrikson

Nora Henrikson

Affiliate Associate Professor, Health Systems and Population Health
Assistant Investigator Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
nhenriks@uw.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Social and behavioral science
  • Behavioral epidemiology
  • Cancer prevention and control
Gail Jarvik

Gail Jarvik

Professor and Chair, Medical Genetics, School of Medicine
pair@u.washington.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Genomic and Precision Medicine
  • Biomedical Ethics
  • Complex Disease and Statistical Genetics
Grace John-Stewart

Grace John-Stewart

Professor, School of Medicine
gjohn@uw.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • HIV Transmission Genetic Epidemiology
  • HIV Progression Genetic Epidemiology
  • Transmission of Sexually Treated Infections
Edward Kelly

Edward Kelly

Professor, Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences
Director, Pharmaceutical Bioengineering Program
edkelly@uw.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Drug and Xenobiotic-induced Toxicity
  • 3D Microphysiological Systems aka Tissue Chips
  • Ex vivo modeling of human physiology response to drugs
Katie Kerr

Katie Kerr

Associate Professor, Biostatistics, School of Public Health
katiek@uw.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Bioinformatics
  • Genetic Epidemiology
Sarah Knerr

Sarah Knerr

Acting Assistant Professor, Health Services
saknerr@uw.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Cancer prevention and control
  • Translational genomics
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Health and health care disparities
Su-in Lee

Su-In Lee

Professor, Computer Science & Engineering, School of Engineering
suinlee@cs.washington.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Computational biology approaches using AI and ML
  • Precision medicine, systems biology, & genetics
  • Explainable AI, interpretability, feature selection, & probabilistic graphical models
Christopher Li

Christopher Li

Research Professor, Epidemiology
cili@fhcrc.org
Areas of Interest:
  • Cancer Epidemiology
  • Epidemiological Study Design
  • Breast Cancer
Sara Lindstroem

Sara Lindstroem

Associate Professor, Epidemiology, School of Public Health
> IPHG Core Faculty
saralind@uw.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Gene Environment Interactions
  • Genetic Epidemiology
Jairam Lingappa

Jairam Lingappa

Associate Professor, Global Health, School of Public Health
lingappa@uw.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Genomics
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Infectious Diseases
Harmit Malik

Harmit Malik

Member, Basic Sciences, FHCRC
hsmalik@fhcrc.org
Areas of Interest:
  • Evolutionary studies of genetic conflict
  • Selective pressures drive the adaptive evolution
Ulrike (Riki) Peters

Ulrike (Riki) Peters

Member, Public Health Sciences, FHCRC
upeters@fhcrc.org
Areas of Interest:
  • Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology
  • Diverse Populations/Minority Research
  • Complex Disease
Amanda Phipps

Amanda Phipps

Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Associate Chair, Epidemiology
aphipps@fhcrc.org
Areas of Interest:
  • Cancer Epidemiology
  • Clinical Epidemiology
  • Genetic Epidemiology
Alex Reiner

Alex Reiner

Member, Public Health Sciences, FHCRC
apreiner@uw.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Genetic Epidemiology
  • Population Biology
  • Genomics
Ken Rice

Kenneth Rice

Associate Professor, Biostatistics, School of Public Health
kenrice@uw.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Statistical methods for complex disease epidemiology
  • Cardiovascular disease and aging
Stephen Schwartz

Stephen Schwartz

Professor, Epidemiology, School of Public Health
stevesch@uw.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Cancer epidemiology
  • Biomarkers
  • Genetic Epidemiology
Brian Shirts

Brian Shirts

Director, Institute for Public Health Genetics
Associate Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Associate Director, Genetics Division, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Assistant Director, Medical Informatics Division, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
shirtsb@uw.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Diagnostic genetic testing
  • Translational genomics
  • Hereditary cancer prevention
Ali Shojaie

Ali Shojaie

Assistant Professor, Biostatistics, School of Public Health
ashojaie@uw.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Statistical methods for analysis of large, complex systems
  • ML/Big Data
  • High-dimensional networks
Noah Simon

Noah Simon

Assistant Professor, Biostatistics, School of Public Health
nrsimon@uw.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Biomolecular and imaging-based measurements
  • ML/Big Data
  • Clinical trial design
Peter Tarczy-Hornoch

Peter Tarczy-Hornoch

Professor and Chair, Biomedical & Health Informatics, School of Medicine
pth@uw.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Data Integration
  • Biomedical Informatics
  • Pharmacogenetics
  • Translational Bioinformatics
Debbie Tsuang

Debby Tsuang

Professor, Psychiatry, School of Medicine
dwt1@uw.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Complex aging-related disorders
  • Alzheimer's
  • Biomarkers
Luke Wander

Luke Wander

Assistant Professor, Medicine - General Internal Medicine
lwander@uw.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Blood-based epigenetic biomarkers
  • Diabetes biomarkers
  • Clinical and Genetic Epidemiology
Ron Whitener

Ron J. Whitener

Assistant Professor of Law
ronw@uw.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Jurisdictional and ethical issues in courts of American Indian and Alaska Native tribal courts
  • Legal, ethical and societal implications of research among American Indian and Alaska Native communities
  • The effect of fetal alcohol syndrome/effect, post traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury
Ellen  Wijsman

Ellen Wijsman

Professor, Medical Genetics, School of Medicine
wijsman@uw.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Statistical Genetics
  • Population Genetics
  • Genetic Basis of Complex Traits
Benjamin Wilfond

Benjamin Wilfond

Professor, Pediatric Bioethics, Seattle Children’s Research Institute
bwilfond@u.washington.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Ethical issues in clinical pediatrics
  • Clinical genetics
Rachel Winer

Rachel Winer

Professor, Epidemiology
rlw@uw.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Cancer Epidemiology
  • Infectious Disease Epidemiology
  • Maternal and Child Health/Women's Health
Daniela Witten

Daniela Witten

Professor, Statistics and Biostatistics, School of Public Health
dwitten@uw.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Statistical Genetics
  • Big Data
  • Machine Learning
Joon-Ho Yu

Joon-Ho Yu

Research Assistant Professor, SOM: Pediatrics: Genetic Medicine: Genetic Medicine
Associate Director, Institute for Public Health Genetics
joonhoyu@uw.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Ethical, legal, social implications (ELSI)
  • Translation of genomics
  • Race and ancestry in biomedical research