Research & Clinical Faculty

Genetics of lipid metabolism
Helen H. Hobbs, M.D.
Howard Hughes Investigator
Director, McDermott Center
Professor of Internal Medicine & Molecular Genetics
Lab website: Hobbs–Cohen Lab

Genetics of quantitative traits
Jonathan C. Cohen, Ph.D.
Professor of Internal Medicine
Lab website: Hobbs–Cohen Lab

Genetics of obesity
Andrew R. Zinn, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Internal Medicine
Dean, UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Genetics of Autism Spectrum Disorders
Maria Chahrour, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Psychiatry
Lab website: Chahrour Lab

Computational biology of genomes and proteins
Qian Cong, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biophysics
Lab website: Cong Lab

Cancer genetics and genomics
Ralf Kittler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Director, Next Generation Sequencing Core Facility
Lab website: Kittler Lab

Statistical genetics
Julia Kozlitina, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine

Genetics of rare disease
Markey C. McNutt, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Director, Human Genetics Clinical Lab

Genetics of Pediatric and Skeletal Disease
Jonathan Rios, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Orthopaedic Surgery
Director, Division of Molecular Genetics, Scottish Rite for Children

Genetics of pediatric musculoskeletal disorders
Carol Wise, Ph.D.
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Pediatrics
Director, SRC Center for Pediatric Bone Biology and Translational Research at UT Southwestern

Biochemistry of membrane transporters
Xiao-Song Xie, Ph.D.
Professor of Internal Medicine
Lab website: Xie Lab

Statistical genetics and bioinformatics
Chao Xing, Ph.D.
Professor,
Director, McDermott Center Bioinformatics Lab
Lab website: Xing Lab
Core website: McDermott Center Bioinformatics Core

Cancer metabolism
Inborn errors of metabolism
Ralph J. DeBerardinis, M.D., Ph.D.
Howard Hughes Investigator
Division Chief, Professor of Pediatrics & Genetics
Lab website: DeBerardinis Lab

Perioperative Genomics
Amanda Fox, M.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Management
Division Chief, Cardiovascular and Thoracic

Genetics of skin disorders
Donald A. Glass II, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Dermatology
Keloid Study

Pediatric genetics
Garrett Gotway, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Program Director, Medical Genetics Residency Program

Gene therapy for neurological diseases
Steven Gray, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Molecular Biology, and Neurology and Neurotherapeutics

Genetics of cornea disease
V. Vinod Mootha, M.D.
Professor of Ophthalmology
Lab website: Mootha Lab

Transcriptional control of cardiac rhythm
Nikhil V. Munshi, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Molecular Biology
Lab website: Munshi Lab

Genomic Medicine, Gastrointestinal Diseases, Clinical Informatics
Jason Park, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology
Clinical Director, Advanced Diagnostics Laboratory at Children's Health

Pediatric genetics and metabolism
Angela Scheuerle, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics and Pathology

Gene therapy for CNS disorders
Sarah Sinnett, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Medical genetics/Genetic disorders
Kathleen S. Wilson, M.D.
Professor of Pathology
Cytogenomic Microarray Analysis Lab
Director, cytogenetics, Veripath Laboratories (Internal link)

Computational biology
Zhenyu Xuan, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
Lab website (UT Dallas): Xuan Lab