investigators
Co-Director, UCGD
Professor of Human Genetics
H.A. and Edna Benning Endowed Chair
Every genome is a treasure trove of information about gene function, evolution, and disease. Our computational genomics tools are used to identify disease-causing variants in clinical settings, to understand the molecular basis of gene regulation and dysfunction, to annotate genomes, and to understand evolution.
Co-Director, UCGD
Professor of Human Genetics
My research group is building a web-based platform for interactive, real-time, analysis of genomic big data over the internet, with applications in genomic medicine and basic research. We also develop algorithms and tools to detect and annotate complex genomic structural variation.
Associate Director, UCGD
Associate Professor of Human Genetics
We develop and apply new computational methods towards an improved understanding of genetic variation in diverse contexts, with a primary focus on human disease.
Professor and Chair of Human Genetics
Director, Utah Genome Project
We have been involved in studies of human limb malformations, autism, hypertension, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, type 2 diabetes, schizophrenia, and a number of other Mendelian and common, complex diseases.
Associate Professor of Human Genetics and Biomedical Informatics
Much biological data is semantic in nature; this makes it a difficult substrate for computation. My research interests are centered on organizing biological data in ways that make it more amenable to computation.
Xiaoxu Yang, PhD
Assistant Professor of Human Genetics
My group focuses on genomic mosaicism. We develop the methodologies to detect and quantify genomic mosaicism, as well as models that use genomic mosaicism to understand human genetic health, reproductive implications, and embryonic development.
Research Team
Nodira K. Codell, MPA
UCGD, Director, Research
Carson Holt, PhD
Director, UCGD Core
Barry Moore
Director of Research and Science, Yandell laboratory
Alistair Ward, PhD
Director of Research and Science, Frameshift Genomics and Marth Laboratory
Xiaomeng Huang, PhD
Director of Research and Science, Marth Laboratory
Thomas Nicholas, PhD
Associate Director of Research and Science, Quinlan Laboratory
Shawn Rynearson
Senior Software Developer, Yandell Laboratory
Steve Boyden, PhD
Director of Research and Science, UCGD Service Recharge Center, Yandell Laboratory
Gordon Lemmon, PhD
Research Associate, Yandell Laboratory
Tonya Di Sera
Senior Web Developer, Marth Laboratory
Scott Watkins, PhD
Laboratory Manager, Jorde Laboratory
Emerson Lebleu
Web Software Developer, Marth Laboratory
Joselin Hernandez, PhD
Research Associate, Yandell Laboratory
Stephanie Georges
Software Design Engineer, Marth Laboratory
Peter McHale, PhD
Associate Director of Research and Science, Quinlan Laboratory
Marco Marchetti, PhD
Research Associate, Yandell Laboratory
Anders Pitman
Software Design Engineer, Marth Laboratory
Tom Sasani, PhD
Research Associate, Quinlan Laboratory
Chase Miller, PhD
Director of Research and Science, Frameshift Genomics and Marth Laboratory
John Larson
Sr. Software Design Engineer, Yandell Laboratory
Patrick Ozark
Graduate Student, Marth Laboratory
Bennet Peterson
Graduate Student, Yandell Laboratory
Edgar Javier Hernandez, PhD
Biostatistician III, Yandell Laboratory
Raquel Reisinger
MD/PhD Student, Yandell Laboratory
Hannah Happ
Postdoc Research Associate, Quinlan Laboratory
Michael Goldberg, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Quinlan Laboratory
John Chamberlin
Graduate Student, Quinlan and Marth Laboratories
Stephanie Gardiner
Graduate Student, Marth Laboratory
Yang Qi
Web Software Developer, Marth Laboratory
Isabelle Cooperstein
Graduate Student, Marth Laboratory
Jason Kunisaki
MD/PhD Student, Quinlan Laboratory
Casey Sederman
Graduate Student, Marth Laboratory
Joshua Mincer
Graduate Student, Quinlan Laboratory
Laurel Hiatt
Graduate Student, Quinlan Laboratory
Taeho Kim
Graduate Student, Marth Laboratory
Isabel Serrano
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Quinlan Laboratory
Alumni
Zev Kronenberg, PhD
Graduate Student, Yandell Laboratory
Michael Campbell, PhD
Graduate Student, Yandell Laboratory
Brett Kennedy, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Yandell Laboratory
E.J. Osborne, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Yandell Laboratory
Keith Simmon, PhD
Graduate Student, Eilbeck Laboratory
Mandi Li, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Yandell Laboratory
Daniel Ence, PhD
Graduate Student, Yandell Laboratory
Qing Li, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Yandell Laboratory
Jason Singer, PhD
Research Analyst, Eilbeck and Yandell Laboratories
Ryan Layer, PhD
Senior Developer, Quinlan Laboratory
Edwin Lin
Graduate Student, Yandell Laboratory
Jim Havrilla
Graduate Student, Quinlan Laboratory
Preetida Bhetariya, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher, Marth Laboratory
Aurelie Kapusta, PhD
Research Associate, Yandell Laboratory
Chris Fahim, PhD
Project Lead, Marth Laboratory, UCGD Service Recharge Center
Sepideh Ebadi, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher, Yandell Laboratory
Brian Lohman, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher, Quinlan Laboratory
Szabolcs Tarapcsak, PhD
Senior Research Analyst, Marth Laboratory
Dillon Lee
Senior Developer, Marth Laboratory
Will Richards
Associate Software Developer, Marth Laboratory
Michael Cormier
Graduate Student, Quinlan Laboratory
Alex Henrie
Software Design Engineer, Eilbeck and Yandell Laboratories
Sergiusz Wesolowski, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Yandell Laboratory
Amelia Wallace, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Quinlan Laboratory
Mary Anne Karren, PhD
Director, Research and Science, Director, UCGD Core
Alex Henrie
Postdoctoral Fellow, Marth Laboratory
Meenal Gupta, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Quinlan Laboratory
Simone Longo
Graduate Student, Quinlan Laboratory
Jonathan Belyeu
Graduate Student, Quinlan Laboratory
Steven Flygare, PhD
Senior Developer, IDbyDNA and Yandell Laboratory
Bushra Gorsi, PhD
Programmer/Analyst, UCGD Service Recharge Center
Aditya Ekawade
Web Software Developer, Marth Laboratory
Joe Brown
Biostatistician IV, Quinlan Laboratory
Nikola Williams
Graduate Student, Marth Laboratory
Matt Velinder, PhD
Laboratory Manager, Marth Laboratory
Andrew Farrell, PhD
Director of Research and Science, Marth Laboratory
Hao Hou
Senior Research Analyst, Quinlan Laboratory
Nancy Benson
Administrative Manager, UCGD
Stephanie Kravitz, PhD
Graduate Student, Quinlan Laboratory
Brent Pedersen, PhD
Research Associate, Quinlan Laboratory
Yi Qiao, PhD
Director of Research and Science, Marth Laboratory
Suchita Lulla
Programmer/Analyst, Quinlan Laboratory
Harriet Dashnow, PhD
Programmer/Analyst, Quinlan Laboratory
Gage Black
Graduate Student, Marth Laboratory
INTERNAL COLLABORATORS
Robert Schlaberg, MD
Assistant Professor, Pathology
Martin Tristani-Firouzi, MD
Professor, Pediatrics
Man Li, PhD
Assistant Professor, Nephrology
Hilary Coon, PhD
Research Professor, Psychiatry
Stephen Guthery, MD
Professor, Pediatrics
Michael Shapiro, PhD
Associate Professor, Biology
Pradip Bandyopadhyay, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Biology
Pinar Bayrak-Toydemir, MD/PhD
Professor, Pathology
Karl Voelkerding, MD
Professor, Pathology
Rong Mao, MD
Professor, Pathology
Michael Deininger, MD/PhD
Professor, Internal Medicine
Lorenzo Botto, MD
Professor, Pediatrics
H. Joseph Yost, PhD
Professor, Neurobiology and Anatomy
Josh Schiffman, MD
Professor, Pediatrics
Helena Safavi-Hemami, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Biology
Nels Elde, PhD
Assistant Professor, Human Genetics
Gabrielle Kardon, PhD
Associate Professor, Human Genetics
Anna R. Docherty, PhD, LP
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
Angie Fagerlin, PhD
Professor and Chair, Population Health Sciences
Robert Silver, MD
Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Karen Gibbins, MD
Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Michael Varner, MD
Professor, Pediatrics
Thomas Miller, DO
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Nelangi Pinto, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Richard Williams, FACC, MD, FAAP
Professor, Pediatrics
Corrine Welt, MD
Professor, Internal Medicine
Deb Neklason, PhD
Research Associate Professor, Oncological Sciences
Marcus G. Pezzolesi, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine
Vikrant Deshmukh, PhD, JD, MS
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Nursing
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Population Health Sciences
Joshua Bonkowsky, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Neurology and Pediatric Neurology
Professor in the Department of Oncological Sciences
Pediatric Neurosurgery