Gary W. Beecham


gary.jpg Contact Information:
gbeecham@med.miami.edu
Assistant: Lili Tewes
1501 NW 10 Ave.
Miami, FL 33136
ph: 305-243-5391
fax: 305-243-2396







Gary W. Beecham, Ph.D., is a Research Assistant Professor in the John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics. He trained as a statistical geneticist under Dr. Bruce S. Weir and develops statistical methods for genetic association to complex disease. His interests include imputation methods, copy number analysis, and multiple testing problems. Dr. Beecham is involved in studies of Alzheimer disease and Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.


Selected Publications


  1. Beecham GW, Martin ER, Li YJ, Slifer MA, Gilbert JR, Haines JL, Pericak-Vance MA.  Genome-wide association study implicates a chromosome 12 risk locus for late-onset Alzheimer disease. Am J Hum Genet. 2009 Jan;84 (1):35-43.

  2. Beecham GW, Schnetz-Boutaud N, Haines JL, Pericak-Vance MA. CALHM1 polymorphism is not associated with late-onset Alzheimer Disease.  Ann Hum Genet. 2009 May;73(Pt 3):379-81.