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Mark J. Daly, PhD
Chief, ATGU, Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
The Daly Lab focuses on computational approaches to understanding the genetics of human disease using integrative genomics approaches. The lab has extensive experience in linkage and association analysis, with a focus on developing statistical methods for the design and interpretation of association studies, and applying these approaches specifically to major common disease areas such as neuropsychiatric disease, inflammatory bowel and autoimmune diseases, and diabetes.
Mark J. Daly, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Tian Ge, PhD
Assistant Investigator, Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
The Ge Lab develops new computational approaches to advance precision medicine. Research in the Ge Lab broadly focuses on statistical genetics and neuroimaging genetics. We develop new statistical, computational and machine learning methods to analyze and integrate large-scale genomic, neuroimaging, behavioral and electronic health records data.
Tian Ge, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Hailiang Huang, PhD
Assistant Investigator, Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
The Huang Lab develops and applies cutting-edge statistical genetics and computational techniques to understand the genetic architecture of human complex disorders, especially autoimmune and psychiatric disorders. We are especially interested in novel methods to leverage cross-ancestry genomics data for insights into the disease pathogenesis.
Hailiang Huang, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Konrad J. Karczewski, PhD
Assistant in Investigation, Massachusetts General Hospital
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Our research is focused on interpreting putative disease variants in common and rare diseases to improve our understanding of human disease and the regulation of the human genome. We do so by assembling and analyzing massive public datasets of genetic variation and functional genomics, building scalable tools and methods to keep pace with the exponential growth of these data types.
Konrad J. Karczewski, PhD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Marcy E. MacDonald, PhD
Research (Non-Clinical) Staff, Massachusetts General Hospital
Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Our research, evolving from the discovery of the genetic causes of inherited brain disorders (hereditary spastic paraparesis, neurofibromatosis, neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, Huntington’s disease), is now largely focused on the DNA variants that modify the effects of the unstable expanded CAG repeat that causes Huntington’s disease. We do molecular genetic studies with disease and population cohorts and genetically precise model systems. Our goal is to enable timely intervention, diagnosis and disease-management.
Marcy E. MacDonald, PhD
Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Alicia Martin, PhD
Assistant Investigator, Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
As a population and statistical genetics lab, our research examines the role of human history in shaping global genetic and phenotypic diversity. Given vast Eurocentric study biases, we investigate the generalizability of knowledge gained from large-scale genetic studies across globally diverse populations. We are focused on ensuring that the translation of genetic technologies particularly via polygenic risk does not exacerbate health disparities induced by these study biases. Towards this end, we are developing statistical methods, community resources for genomics, and research capacity for multi-ancestry studies especially in underrepresented populations.
Alicia Martin, PhD
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Patricia L. Musolino, MD, PhD
Physician-Scientist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
The Musolino Laboratory at the Center for Genomic Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School is a translational neuroscience laboratory focusing on developing gene targeted therapies for inherited inborn errors of metabolism and cerebrovascular disorders that lead to stroke and leukodystrophy.
Patricia L. Musolino, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Pradeep Natarajan, MD, MMSc
Director of Preventive Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
The Natarajan Lab focuses on the germline and somatic genetic drivers of human atherosclerosis applying advances in genomic profiling with concomitant methods development. The interdisciplinary group spans human genetics, computational biology, and clinical medicine. The lab spearheads and contributes to several research consortia, often spanning hundreds of investigators and millions of participants to achieve project goals.
Pradeep Natarajan, MD, MMSc
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Benjamin M. Neale, PhD
Associate Investigator, Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
The Neale lab focuses on uncovering the genetic risk factors of common disease, in particular through international collaboration to diversify the global representation of study participants, as well as the research community involved in such efforts. We develop statistical methods and computational tools to enable efficient and scalable analysis of the growing datasets available in genetic sequencing studies.
Benjamin M. Neale, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Heidi L. Rehm, PhD
Chief Genomics Officer, Massachusetts General Hospital
Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
The Translational Genomics Group (TGG) has a mission to support the discovery of the genetic basis of rare disease and translate our work into medical practice by focusing on community-centered projects that promote collaboration, data sharing and open science. Heidi Rehm leads the TGG, with co-leadership by Anne O’Donnell-Luria for the rare disease group and Mark Daly for the gnomAD project. TGG is composed of a multidisciplinary team of researchers, clinicians, computational biologists, and software engineers. We are located at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.
Heidi L. Rehm, PhD
Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Kaitlin E. Samocha, PhD
Assistant Investigator, Massachusetts General Hospital
Our group studies patterns of rare genetic variation in large collections of human genomic data, both from patients and reference population individuals, and designs tools and methods to help interpret that variation. We are focused on moving from studying single variants at a time to understanding how they impact disease in their genomic context.
Kaitlin E. Samocha, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Jeremiah M. Scharf, MD, PhD
Physician-Scientist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
The Scharf lab investigates the genetic and neurobiological mechanisms of Tourette Syndrome (TS) and related developmental neuropsychiatric disorders that lie at the interface between traditional concepts of neurologic and psychiatric disease, including obsessive compulsive spectrum disorders (OCD/OCSD) and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). We conduct genetic and clinical research to identify both genetic and non-genetic risk factors that contribute to the predisposition of TS, ADHD, and OCD in patients and families. We hope to identify novel targets for treatment, to understand the course of TS and related conditions at a patient-specific level, and to better predict treatment response.
Jeremiah M. Scharf, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Brian G. Skotko, MD, MPP
Director, Down Syndrome Program, Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
We are a research team composed of enthusiastic healthcare providers committed to innovation in Down syndrome research. Our team is motivated to offer research opportunities that can help maximize the life potential for all people with Down syndrome. Working collaboratively with researchers around the globe, we are dedicated to advancing our shared understanding of biological processes associated with Down syndrome. To this extent, we are proud to offer families a portfolio of research opportunities.
Brian G. Skotko, MD, MPP
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Michael E. Talkowski, PhD
Associate Investigator, Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
The Talkowski lab integrates molecular and computational genomics methods to study the genetic etiology of disorders affecting prenatal, neonatal, and early childhood development, as well as neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders. Our lab is also interested in variant-to-function studies to understand genomic perturbations to regulatory pathways in rare diseases and the applications of emerging technologies to clinical diagnostic screening.
Michael E. Talkowski, PhD
Director, CGM; Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
The Center for Genomic Medicine (CGM) comprises one of the largest and most vibrant hubs of genomic medicine research in the world. The CGM includes 46 faculty collaborating to define the ‘genomic medicine cycle’ – which envisages a genomics community seeking to advance research from basic genomics research to ultimately using genome information for diagnostics and targeted therapeutics. All of our investigators are faculty at Harvard Medical School, and many members of our community are also investigators at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT.
