Human genetic research at Georgia Tech is largely concerned with theoretical aspects of how the history of human populations shapes the biology of disease susceptibility. We are studying conditions as diverse as inflammatory bowel disease, breast and prostate cancer, schizophrenia, and cardio-metabolic conditions, in Africa, Central America, and Atlanta. We also access large public datasets such as the UK Biobank, All-of-Us, and Million Veterans projects in support of bioinformatics investigations. Certain programs are related to predictive health and precision medicine, pharmacogenetics, and health disparities.
Related Research Faculty
Greg Gibson
Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
CIG Research Interest:
Greg’s group is broadly interested in genotype-by-environment interactions and the evolution of disease susceptibility. He primarily uses transcriptome profiling, these days by RNASeq, combined with genetic analysis to study how the regulation of gene ac
King Jordan
Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
CIG Research Interest:
King’s group studies the evolution of genomes in the context of infectious disease. He has active collaborations across Latin America and with the CDC and directs the GT Bioinformatics program.
Joe Lachance
Assistant Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
CIG Research Interest:
Joe is setting up human population genetics and molecular evolution lab using computational simulations and whole-genome analysis. He is really interested in an analysis of the divergence of disease risk among human populations.
Soojin Yi
Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
CIG Research Interest:
Soojin’s group is engaged in molecular evolutionary studies, mostly of primates. She is particularly interested in the evolution of methylation and of the function of non-coding regions of the genome.