Population and Evolutionary Genetics
This research area is focused on understanding how genetic variation in humans is shaped by evolutionary forces such as natural selection, genetic drift, mutation, and migration, and to link human genome evolution to human biology and disease. HGS faculty in this area use large-scale genomic datasets, statistical modeling, and computational tools to investigate topics such as archaic human populations, ancient human migrations, recent patterns of selection in modern populations, and the origins of disease susceptibility.
Faculty
Albert E. Kent Professor of Genetics and Professor of Neuroscience; co-Director of Graduate Studies, Genetics
Associate Professor of Psychiatry; Associate Professor on Term, Chronic Disease Epidemiology
Stephen and Denise Adams Professor of Neurology & Director of the Stephen & Denise Adams Center for Parkinson’s Disease Research and Professor of Genetics and of Neuroscience; Academic Chief, Division of Movement Disorders, Neurology