Genetics
Primary Faculty
Antonio Giraldez, PhD
Chair
Fergus F. Wallace Professor of Genetics
Chair, Genetics
Research Interests
Autistic Disorder; Computational Biology; Developmental Biology; Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; Genomics; Systems Biology; Zebrafish
Valerie Reinke, PhD
Vice Chair
Professor of Genetics
Research Interests
Caenorhabditis elegans; Developmental Biology; Epigenomics; Genetics; Genomics; Germ Cells; Stem Cells
Caroline Hendry, PhD
Scientific Manager and Advisor to the Chair and Associate Research Scientist
Allen Bale, MD
Professor of Genetics
Director, DNA Diagnostic Lab
Research Interests
Congenital Abnormalities; Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities; DNA; Fanconi Syndrome; Genetics; Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia; Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary; Skin Neoplasms
Kaya Bilguvar, MD
Assistant Professor of Genetics
Associate Director, Yale Center for Genome Analysis
Research Interests
Cerebrovascular Disorders; Malformations of Cortical Development; Migraine Disorders; Neurodegenerative Diseases
Sidi Chen, PhD
Assistant Professor
Research Interests
Bioengineering; Biomedical Engineering; Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; CRISPR-Cas Systems; Genetics; Immunity; Neoplasm Metastasis; Stem Cells; Synthetic Biology
Lynn Cooley, PhD
Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; C. N. H. Long Professor of Genetics and Professor of Cell Biology and of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Research Interests
Actin Cytoskeleton; Biology; Cell Biology; Drosophila; Genetics; Molecular Biology; Oogenesis
Daniel DiMaio, MD, PhD
Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Genetics and Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and of Therapeutic Radiology
Deputy Director, Yale Cancer Center
Research Interests
DNA Virus Infections; Membrane Lipids; Neoplasms; Papillomaviridae; Peptides; Polyomaviridae; Proteins; Tumor Virus Infections; Virus Diseases
Valentina Greco, PhD
Carolyn Walch Slayman Professor of Genetics
Research Interests
Cell Biology; Dermatology; Genetics; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Regeneration; Stem Cell Niche; Stem Cells
Marc Hammarlund, PhD
Associate Professor of Genetics and Neuroscience
Director of Graduate Studies, Genetics
Research Interests
Axons; Caenorhabditis elegans; Cell Biology; Gene Expression; Nerve Regeneration
Secondary Faculty
Susan Baserga, MD, PhD
Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, of Genetics and of Therapeutic Radiology
Research Interests
Genes, rRNA; Genetics; Molecular Biology; Organelle Biogenesis; Radiation Oncology; Ribonucleoproteins; RNA Helicases
Martina Brueckner, MD
Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology)
Research Interests
Cardiology; Heart Diseases; Heterotaxy Syndrome; Kartagener Syndrome; Situs Inversus
Keith Choate, MD, PhD
Professor of Dermatology, Pathology, and Genetics
Director of Research, Dermatology
Research Interests
Cell Biology; Genetics, Medical; Human Genome Project; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases
Chris Cotsapas, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Associate Professor of Genetics
Research Interests
Arthritis, Rheumatoid; Autoimmune Diseases; Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System; Computational Biology; Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1; Genetic Research; Genetics; Genetics, Medical; Genetics, Population; Genomics; Graves Disease; Human Genome Project; Immune System Diseases; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic; Multiple Sclerosis; Systems Biology; Thyroiditis, Autoimmune
Patrick Gallagher, MD, BS
Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology), of Genetics and of Pathology
Director, Yale Center for Blood Disorders
Research Interests
Anemia, Sickle Cell; Diseases; Elliptocytosis, Hereditary; Erythropoiesis; Genetics; Genomics; Health Care; Hydrops Fetalis; Information Science; Neonatology; Pathology; Pediatrics; Spherocytosis, Hereditary
Joel Gelernter, MD
Foundations Fund Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Genetics and of Neuroscience
Director, Division of Human Genetics (Psychiatry)
Research Interests
Affective Disorders, Psychotic; Alcoholism; Anxiety Disorders; China; Genetics; Genetics, Population; Global Health; Israel; Polymorphism, Genetic; Psychiatry; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic; Substance-Related Disorders; Thailand
Peter M. Glazer, MD, PhD
Robert E. Hunter Professor of Therapeutic Radiology and Professor of Genetics
Chair, Department of Therapeutic Radiology
Research Interests
DNA Repair; Gene Targeting; Genetics; Mutagenesis; Radiation; Radiation Oncology; Recombinational DNA Repair
Daniel Greif, MD
Associate Professor Term
Research Interests
Aorta; Aortic Stenosis, Subvalvular; Atherosclerosis; Cardiology; Cerebral Hemorrhage; Developmental Biology; Hypertension, Pulmonary; Myofibroblasts; Pulmonary Fibrosis; Vascular Diseases
Jeffrey R Gruen, MD
Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology) and of Genetics
Faculty, Investigative Medicine Program, Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Research Interests
Dyslexia; Genetics; Investigative Techniques; Language; Language Development Disorders; Learning Disorders; Neonatology; Pediatrics