Abecasis Lab
Mission Statement
We are developing and applying computational and statistical tools to further understanding of complex human diseases, such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
Leadership
Goncalo Abecasis is currently the Felix Moore Collegiate Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.
Current Members
Research Fellows
- Goo Jun
- Bingshan Li
- Christian Fuchsberger
- Alex Tsoi
International Visitors
Fabio Busonero
Carlo Sidore
Graduate Students
Wei Chen
Melinda Curran
Dan Hovelson
Youna Hu
Elizabeth Jewell
Yanming Li
Sara Rashkin
Shuang Feng
Matthew Snyder
Xiaowei Zhan
Staff
Paul Anderson
Laura Baker
Tom Blackwell
Jennifer Bragg-Gresham
Derek Harkness
Mary Kate Trost
Alumni
Former Research Faculty
Hyun Min Kang (graduated in 2011), now Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics.
Former Research Fellows
Weimin Chen (graduated 2007), now Assistant Professor at the Department of Public Health Sciences & Center for Public Health Genomics, University of Virginia
Serena Sanna (graduated 2007), now an investigator at the Istituto di Neurogenetica e Neurofarmacologia in Sardinia, Italy
Paul Scheet (graduated 2008), now Assistant Professor at Department of Epidemiology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
William Stewart (graduated 2008), now Assistant Professor at Department of Biostatistics, Columbia University
Former Doctoral Students
Jun Ding (graduate 2010), now Staff Scientist / Facility Head at the Laboratory of Genetics, National Institute on Aging (NIH).
Yun Li (graduated 2009), now Assistant Professor at the Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina.
Mingyao Li (graduated 2005), now Assistant Professor at the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania
Liming Liang (graduated 2009), now Assistant Professor at the Departments of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Harvard University
Tasha Fingerlin (graduated 2003), now Associate Professor at the Section of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Andrew Skol (graduated 2006), now Assistant Professor at the Section of Genetic Medicine, University of Chicago
Jin Zhen (graduated 2009), now working in the Pharmaceutical Industry.
Former Masters Students
Vesela Gateva
Xijing Han
Heather Munro
Theresa Scott (nee Daigneault)
Abigail Woodroffe
Zaojun Ye
Matthew Zawitowski
Anita Yu Zhao
Visitors
Toshiko Tanakato
