Institute Members

The MIHG and the John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (DHG) are home to a world-class faculty, with a broad variety of specialties and research interests.

Susan Blanton, PhD Associate Director, Communications and Compliance Expertise: Genetic epidemiology, birth defects	Michael L. Cuccaro, PhD Associate Director, Patient and Family Ascertainment Center Expertise: Neurodevelopmental disorders, child psychology, phenotype development
John R. Gilbert, PhD Director, Center for Genome Technology Expertise: Molecular genetics, neurological disorders, neurodevelopmental disorders	Dale J. Hedges, PhD Assistant Director, Center for Genome Technology Expertise: Neurodevelopmental disorders
Deqiong Ma, MD, PhD Expertise: Neurodevelopmental disorders, diseases of childhood	Eden R. Martin, PhD Director, Center for Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Genetics Expertise: Statistical genetics, neurodevelopmental disorders, neurological disorders
Richard W. Morris, PhD Associate Director, Center for Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Genetics Expertise: Statistical methods development	Evadnie Rampersaud, MSPH, PhD Expertise: Expertise: Genetic epidemiology, maternal and child health
William K. Scott, PhD Associate Director, Bioinformatics Expertise: Neurological disorders, ophthalmological disorders, gerontological studies	Michael A. Slifer, MD, PhD Expertise: Neurological disorders, molecular genetics
Gaofeng Wang, PhD Expertise: Neurological disorders, ophthalmological disorders	Liyong Wang, PhD Expertise: Molecular genetics, neurological disorders
Stephan Züchner, MD Director, Center for Human Molecular Genomics Expertise: Molecular genetics, neurogenetics, psychiatric genetics
Jacob L. McCauley, PhD Assistant Professor, Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics Expertise: Genetic epidemiology, genetics of neurological disease
Ren-Hua Chung, PhD Research Assistant Professor Expertise: Statistical method development for complex disease-gene mapping	Gary Beecham PhD Research Assistant Professor Expertise: Statistical genetics, methods development