Faculty Research Interests
Center Director
Helen H. Hobbs, M.D.
Howard Hughes Investigator
Director, McDermott Center
Professor of Internal Medicine and Molecular Genetics
Research Interests: Genetics of lipid metabolism
Lab website: Hobbs - Cohen Lab
Contact: helen.hobbs@utsouthwestern.edu
Faculty
Gail Brookshire, C.G.C.
Faculty Associate
Research Interests: Genetic Counseling
Contact: gail.brookshire@childrens.com
Jonathan C. Cohen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Research Interests: Genetics of quantitative traits
Lab website: Hobbs - Cohen Lab
Contact: jonathan.cohen@utsouthwestern.edu
Bill P. Crider, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
Research Interests: High through put DNA sequencing
Director, W. M. Keck Sequencing Core Facility
Contact: billy.crider@utsouthwestern.edu
Ralph J. DeBerardinis, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Genetics
McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development
Research Interests: Cellular regulation of metabolism in normal cells and in cancer
Diagnosis and treatment of pediatric metabolic diseases
Lab website: DeBerardinis Lab
Contact: ralph.deberardinis@utsouthwestern.edu
Xin Feng, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development
Contact: xin.feng@utsouthwestern.edu
Christine "Kim" Garcia, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Research Interests: Genetics of pulmonary disorders
Lab website: Garcia Lab
Contact: christine.garcia@utsouthwestern.edu
Ralf Kittler, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Lab website: Kittler Lab
Contact: ralf.kittler@utsouthwestern.edu
Alexander Pertsemlidis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
Research Interests: Micro RNAs and lung cancer, genetic determinants of cardiovascular disease
Lab website: Pertsemlidis Lab
Other website: http://compbio.swmed.edu
Contact: alexander.pertsemlidis@utsouthwestern.edu
Gail E. Tomlinson, M.D., Ph.D.
Clinical Associate Professor, Hematology-Oncology
Research Interests: BRCA 1/2 Related Breast Cancer, Genetics of Childhood Cancers, Development of novel and population-specific cancer genetic counseling methods
Contact: gail.tomlinson@utsouthwestern.edu
Stacy Utay, CGC
Faculty Associate
Research Interests: Genetic Counseling
Contact: stacy.utay@utsouthwestern.edu
Lewis J. Waber, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Acting Division Director Genetics & Metabolism
Research Interests: Pediatric metabolism disorders
Director, Medical Genetics and Education
Contact: lewis.waber@utsouthwestern.edu
Kathleen Wilson, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology
Research Interests: Cytogenetics
Lab website: Wilson Lab
Contact: kathleen.wilson@utsouthwestern.edu
Carol Wise, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
Research Interests: Genetics of pediatric musculoskeletal disease
Lab website: Wise Lab
Contact: carol.wise@utsouthwestern.edu
Stephen Wooding, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
Research Interests: How have population history and natural selection have interacted to produce patterns of genetic variation? How can information about population history and natural selection be used in the dissection of genotype-phenotype correlations?
Contact: stephen.wooding@utsouthwestern.edu
Xiao-Song Xie, Ph.D.
Professor of Internal Medicine
Research Interests: Structure and function of V-type proton translocating ATPase; biochemistry of ABC transporters -ABCG5 and ABCG8
Lab website: Xie Lab
Contact: xiao-song.xie@utsouthwestern.edu
Chao Xing, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Sciences
Research Interests: Methodology - Statistical genetics, genetic mapping, association, linkage, and segregation analysis, gene expression. Application - Human complex genetic disorders: hypertension, obesity, Type II diabetes, systemic lupus erythematosus, age-related macular degeneration
Lab website: Xing Lab
Contact: chao.xing@utsouthwestern.edu
Andrew R. Zinn, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Dean, Medical Scientist Training Program, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Research Interests: Molecular genetics of the human X chromosome, genetic disorders of growth and reproduction
Lab website: Zinn Lab
Contact: andrew.zinn@utsouthwestern.edu