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Associate Professor of Medicine

Co-Director for the Program in Health Equity and Population Health

School Affiliation

School of Medicine

Specialties

• Human Evolutionary Genetics
• Computational Biology

About

410-706-6784 timothydoconnor@gmail.com

My laboratory explores the effects of evolution and population structure on the genomic architecture of disease and other phenotypes. One of the biggest questions of modern genetics and evolution is to understand the complex connection between genes, environment, and phenotype. We want to understand the origin of phenotypic diversity. We believe this will require the integration of many data types, scientific disciplines, and a heavy reliance on evolutionary theory. As we move forward in developing theories and addressing this important problem it will be important to combine evolutionary genetics and systems biology. My lab has a track record of developing new algorithms and statistics to interdisciplinary biological problems as well as the use of large multifaceted data sets, particularly the output of next-generation sequencing. We are especially interested in the recent evolution of New World populations such as Hispanic Americans, African Americans, and the Old Order Amish.

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Tagged: Ensuring Access and Equity in Health Care   Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion  

This information was last updated December 17, 2024.