Human Genetics

Faculty Labs

The Barske Lab studies the formation and patterning of the skeleton to better understand the disturbed developmental processes underlying skeletal disorders in pediatric patients.

The Hogenesch lab studies transcriptional outputs of the clock in animal models and humans.

The Nichols Lab is focused on the genetics of pulmonary hypertension with a secondary interest in the genetics of Parkinson disease, specifically the factors that contribute to the genetic susceptibility to Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH).

The Slavotinek Lab focuses on identifying causative genes for diverse conditions with multiple anomalies and birth defects, including congenital eye defects.

The Sun Lab is focused on understanding the pathogenesis of Gaucher disease and other lysosomal storage diseases for development of specific therapies, and the roles of saposins in glycosphingolipids metabolism and neurodegeneration.

The Weaver Lab studies genetic etiologies and pathophysiology of human syndromes associated with cardiovascular and craniofacial anomalies.

The Zhang Lab studies pregnancy genomics to define the mechanism controlling the timing for birth in humans.