Digna Velez Edwards
Vanderbilt Genetics Institute (VGI)
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Department of Biomedical Informatics (BMI)
Institute of Medicine and Public Health
Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC)
Human Genetics Program (HGEN)
Our lab focuses on evaluating the genetic and environment risk factors associated with women’s health and reproductive outcomes, as well as genetic diseases with significant racial/ethnic disparities. We have an ongoing grants to study the genetic determinants of uterine fibroid risk and to evaluate the role of race and ancestry on risk for keloids. We also have a repository of biospecimens from participants in the Right from the Start pregnancy cohort to be used for genetic epidemiology studies examining uterine fibroid and the role drug exposures in adverse pregnancy outcomes. Our lab has significant expertise in fibroid epidemiology and genetics and next-generation sequencing (DNA and RNA sequencing).
Our lab focuses on evaluating the genetic and environment risk factors associated with women’s health and reproductive outcomes, as well as genetic diseases with significant racial/ethnic disparities. We have an ongoing grants to study the genetic determinants of uterine fibroid risk and to evaluate the role of race and ancestry on risk for keloids. We also have a repository of biospecimens from participants in the Right from the Start pregnancy cohort to be used for genetic epidemiology studies examining uterine fibroid and the role drug exposures in adverse pregnancy outcomes. Our lab has significant expertise in fibroid epidemiology and genetics and next-generation sequencing (DNA and RNA sequencing).
Keywords: Women's Health , Racial/Ethnic Disparities , Electronic Health Records , Uterine Fibroids , Gynecologic Health , Pregnancy
Research Area: Computational and Systems Biology , Genomics , Molecular Pathology