Jennifer (Piper) Below
Vanderbilt Brain Institute (VBI)
Vanderbilt Genetics Institute (VGI)
Generally, I am interested in developing and applying computational methodologies to further our understanding of the genetic basis of human disease. Specifically, I focus on development of novel strategies for identifying and confirming genetic risk factors to complex traits including blood lipid levels, diabetes, obesity, Alzheimer’s disease, cardiovascular disease, and metabolic traits via ascertainment of dense genetic (specifically, whole genome/exome sequenced and whole genome imputed datasets) and phenotypic data.
Generally, I am interested in developing and applying computational methodologies to further our understanding of the genetic basis of human disease. Specifically, I focus on development of novel strategies for identifying and confirming genetic risk factors to complex traits including blood lipid levels, diabetes, obesity, Alzheimer’s disease, cardiovascular disease, and metabolic traits via ascertainment of dense genetic (specifically, whole genome/exome sequenced and whole genome imputed datasets) and phenotypic data.
Keywords: genomics , relatedness , disease gene mapping , transcriptomics , pheWAS , GWAS
Research Area: Computational and Systems Biology , Diabetes, Obesity, Metabolism , Genomics , Cardiovascular Biology , Neurodegeneration and Neuroinflammation