Institute Members

The Hussman Institute for Human Genomics is home to a world-class faculty, with a broad variety of specialties and research interests.

Primary Faculty Members


blanton_small.jpg Susan Blanton, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics
Associate Director of Communications and Compliance
Project coordinator for the Genomedical Connection
Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Cuccaro Michael_small.jpg Michael L. Cuccaro, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics
Associate Director, Center for Genomic Medicine
Hussman Institute for Human Genomics,
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

gilbert_small.jpg John R. Gilbert, Ph.D.
Professor
Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics
Director of the Center for Genome Technology
Hussman Institute for Human Genomics,
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine


gary_small.jpg Gary W. Beecham, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine




hua-chung_small.jpg Ren-Hua Chung, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics





dykxhoorn_small.jpg Derek M. Dykxhoorn, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine




yvonne_edwards_small.jpg Yvonne Edwards, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics
Assistant Director of Bioinformatics
Hussman Institute for Human Genomics
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

folstein_small.jpg Susan Folstein, M.D.
Professor
Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine






Susan hahn_small.jpg Susan Estabrooks Hahn
M.S., C.G.C.
Assistant Director of Communications and Compliance
Project coordinator for The Genomedical Connection
Hussman Institute for Human Genomics,
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine




Dale Hedges_small.jpg Dale J. Hedges , Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics
Assistant Director of the Center for Genome Technology.
Hussman Institute for Human Genomics,
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine




Deqiong Ma, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine





eden_hihg_small.jpg Eden R. Martin, Ph.D.
Professor
Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics
Director of the Center for Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Genetics
Hussman Institute for Human Genomics,
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine





mccauley_Jacob_small.jpg Jacob L. McCauley, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine



morris_small.jpg Richard W. Morris, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics
Associate Director of the Center for Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Genetics
Hussman Institute for Human Genomics
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine



rampersaud_small.jpg Evadnie Rampersaud, M.S.P.H, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine




scott_small.jpg William K. Scott, Ph.D.
Professor and Vice Chair for Education & Training
Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine




michael_slifer.jpg Michael A. Slifer M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine




tekin_mustafa_small.jpg Mustafa Tekin, M.D.
Associate Professor
Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine




walz_small.jpg Katherina Walz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine





gaofeng wang_small.jpg Gaofeng Wang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine





Liyong Wang_small.jpg Liyong Wang, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine




young_small.jpg Juan I. Young, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine




stephan Zuchner_small.jpg Stephan Züchner, M.D.
Associate Professor
Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics
Director, Center for Human Molecular Genomics
Hussman Institute for Human Genomics
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine


Associate Faculty Members

Nanette Hahr Bishopric, M.D., F.A.C.C, F.A.H.A
Professor
Department of Medicine, Pediatrics and Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
E-mail: n.bishopric@med.miami.edu
Phone: 305-583-3104
Fax: 305-243-6456



John L. Bixby, Ph.D.
Director Graduate Program in Biomedical Science
Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
E-mail: jbixby@med.miami.edu
Phone: (305)-243-4874
Fax: (305)-297-3021



Scott C. Brown, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Epidemiology and Public Health
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
E-mail: sbrown@med.miami.edu
Phone: 305-243-4410
Fax: 305-243-4417



Gennaro D'Urso, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
E-mail gdurso@miami.edu
Phone: 305-243-3105
Fax: 305-243-4555



Mary A. Fletcher Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Medicine, Microbiology/ Immunology & Psychology
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
E-mail: mfletcher@med.miami.edu
Phone: 305-243-6288
Fax: 305-243-4674



Ray E. Hershberger, M.D.
Associate Chief Cardiovascular Division
Director, Advanced Heart failure Therapies Program
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
E-mail: Rhershberger@med.miami.edu
Phone: 305-243-7067
Fax: 305-243-9367



Jennifer J. Hu, PhD.
Professor
Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Cancer Center Associate Director of Prevention & Control
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Email: jhu@med.miami.edu
Phone: (305)-243-7796
Fax: (305)-243-2997



Jaclyn L. Kovach, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Clinical Opthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
E-mail: jkovach@med.miami.edu
Phone: 239-659-3937
Fax: 239-659-3984



Richard K. Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
E-mail rlee@med.miami.edu
Phone: 305-547-3686
Fax: 305-547-3658



Roy Clifford Levitt, M.D.
Professor
Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine & Pain Management
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
E-mail: rlevitt@med.miami.edu
Phone: (305)-243-1278
Fax: (305)-297-8339



Carlos T. Moraes, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Neurology, Cell Biology & Anatomy
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
E-mail: cmoraes@med.miami.edu
Phone: 305-243-5858
Fax: 305-243-3914



JoNell E. Potter, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of OB/GY
Director Division of Research & Special Projects
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
E-mail: jpotter@miami.edu
Phone: 305-243-2173
Fax: 305-243-3518



Tatjana Rundek, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Neurology
Director Clinical Translational Research
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
E-mail: Trundek@miami.edu
Phone: 305-243-7847
Fax: 305-243-7081



Stephanie Sacharow, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
E-mail: ssacharow@med.miami.edu
Phone: 305-243-7985
Fax: 305-243-3919



Stephen G. Schwartz, M.D., MBA
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
E-mail sschwartz2@med.miami.edu
Phone: 239-659-2327
Fax: 239-659-3985


David M. Seo, M.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
E-mail: dseo@med.miami.edu
Phone: 305-243-7997
Fax: 305-243-8140


Xue Zhong, Liu M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology,
Human Genetics, and Pediatrics
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
E-mail xliu@med.miami.edu
Phone: 305-243-1547
Fax: 305-243-2000

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