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
• Christian Fuchsberger
• Alex Tsoi
• Lars Fritsche
• Scott Vrieze

International Visitors

• Andrea Maschio
• Giorgio Pistis
• Eleanora Porcu

Graduate Students

• Sai Chen

• Sayantan Das

• Shuang Feng

• Alan Kwong

• Ben Lerch

• Sara Rashkin

• Sebanti Sengupta

• Greg Zajac

• Xiaowei Zhan

• Tingting Zhou

Staff

• Laura Baker

• Tom Blackwell

• Sean Caron

• Kevin Li

• Mary Kate Wing

• Johanna Forster

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 Associate Professor at the Department of Public Health Sciences & Center for Public Health Genomics, University of Virginia

Bingshan Li (graudated 2011), now Assistant Professor at the Center for Quantitative Sciences, Vanderbilt University

Dajiang Liu (graduated 2013), now Assistant Professor at the Penn State University College of Medicine

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

Carlo Sidore (graduated 2012), now an investigator at the Istituto di Neurogenetica e Neurofarmacologia in Sardinia, Italy

Fabio Busonero (graduated 2012), now an investigator at the Istituto di Neurogenetica e Neurofarmacologia in Sardinia, Italy

William Stewart (graduated 2008), now Assistant Professor at Battelle Center for Computational Medicine, Departments of Statistics and Pediatrics, National Children's Hospital and Ohio State University

Former Doctoral Students

Wei Chen (graduated 2011), now Assistant Professor at the Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Jun Ding (graduated 2010), now Staff Scientist / Facility Head at the Laboratory of Genetics, National Institute on Aging (NIH).

Weigua Guan (graduated 2010), now Assistant Professor at the Department of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota School of Public Health.

Yun Li (graduated 2009), now Assistant Professor at the Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina.

Youna Hu (graduated 2012), now a Research Fellow working with Rasmus Nielsen at Berkeley

Mingyao Li (graduated 2005), now Associate 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

Su Chu

Melinda Curran

Vesela Gateva

Xijing Han

Dan Hovelson

Elizabeth Jewell

Yanming Li

Heather Munro

Nick Seewald

Theresa Scott (nee Daigneault)

Matthew Snyder

Vivian Wang

Yuan Wei

Abigail Woodroffe

Zaojun Ye

Matthew Zawitowski

Anita Yu Zhao

Former Staff

• Paul Anderson

• Jennifer Bragg-Gresham

• Jan Wigginton

Visitors

Toshiko Tanakato

Really Useful Stuff

• Abecasis Group Awards
• Goncalo's Calendar