Genetic Epidemiology

Genetic Epidemiology is defined by an amalgam of methods garnered from traditional epidemiology, population and family-based epidemiology, from statistics, and importantly, from bioinformatics. Together, specific aspects of these disciplines are applied to the study of genes and environment, and of gene environment interactions. Both quantitative and qualitative traits may be of interest. Genetic epidemiology uses unique case-control, family, and population-based designs, and genotyping from multiple sources. Our goal has been to learn about genetic susceptibility to disease and genetic determinants of therapeutic responsiveness. A full series in genetic epidemiology is offered in The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Information about the faculty conducting research in genetic epidemiology and their projects is provided below.

Diane Becker, ScD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Health Policy and Management
Principal Investigator: GeneSTAR
Director, Center for Health Promotion
Research Interests: Molecular, genetic, and behavioral epidemiology of cardiovascular disease; family studies of premature cardiovascular disease; platelet dysfunction
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Frederick L. Brancati, MD, MHS, FACP
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Director, Division of General Internal Medicine
Core Faculty, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research
Principal Investigator, Look AHEAD Study
Principal Investigator, NIDDK grant (K24) for Patient-Oriented Research in Type 2 Diabetes
Research Interests: Epidemiology and prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus and related conditions
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W. H. Linda Kao, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Core Faculty, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research
Research Interests: Genetic epidemiology of obesity, type 2 diabetes, diabetic renal disease and related conditions, gene-gene and gene-environement interactions
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Brian Kral, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine/Cardiology
Research Interests: Genetics and clinical research in cardiovascular disease
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Nisa Maruthur, MD, MHS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Core Faculty, Welch Center for prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research
Research interests: Individualized medicine for the prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity, pharmacogenomics of type 2 diabetes, comparative effectiveness
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Rasika Mathias, ScD
Assistant Professor of Medicine/GIM and Div. of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Research Interests: Genetic epidemiology of cardiovascular disease, asthma, and related conditions
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Rehan Qayyum, MD, MHS 
Assistant Professor of Medicine/GIM
Research Interests: Platelet biology, hemostasis and thrombosis, pharmacogenomics of anti-platelet agents, genetic epidemiology, systematic reviews, meta-analysis
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Dhananjay Vaidya, MD, PhD 
Assistant Professor of Medicine/GIM
Research Interests: Genetics and epidemiology of cardiovascular disease, atherosclerosis insulin resistance and related conditions
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J. Hunter Young, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Core Faculty, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research
Research Interests: Molecular and genetic epidemiology, physical anthropology, pathophysiology of hypertension in relation to obesity and diabetes
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