Matt Anderson joins the Laboratory of Genetics and CGSI, bringing expertise in the effects of genetic diversity and fungal pathogens and a strong connection to Indigenous community.
Faculty Highlight
Faculty Highlight: Justin Wolter – Genetics of risk and resilience in neurodevelopment
Dr. Justin Wolter joins the Laboratory of Genetics as an Assistant Professor. His lab studies how genomic variation affects risk and resilience in neurodevelopmental disorders.
Faculty Highlight: Valentina Lo Sardo – Trajectory and genetic risk factor research
A leading researcher in genetic risk factors with a focus in cardiovascular disease, Dr. Lo Sardo shares some of her trajectory and research.
Canine solution: how dog genetics is influencing human medicine
Dr. Peter Muir explains why some dog breeds are more vulnerable to disease and how this knowledge can improve human medicine
Ovarian cancer genomics specialist returns to UW
Having trained at UW-Madison, Dr. Jessica Lang simply couldn’t stay away. She returns as an Assistant Professor with deep expertise in chromatin dysfunction in ovarian and other cancers.
UW welcomes two new genomics experts
The Center for Human Genomics and Precision Medicine welcomed two new hires working in the field of human genetics. Gaelen Hess and Muhammed Murtaza bring new technologies in high-throughput genotype-phenotype analysis and cancer detection, respectively.