Research Interests
- Human genetics
- Obesity
- Neurodegeneration
- Cancer
- Genetics of complex traits and human disease
- Animal models of human disease
Education, Training & Credentials
- Fellowship, Transfusion Medicine, University of Wisconsin, 1995
- Fellowship, Program Director, Robert Nussbaum, Department of Human Genetics, University of Pennsylvania, 1992
- Residency, Clinical Pathology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, 1990
- Residency, Anatomic Pathology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, 1988
- Fellowship, Laboratory of Dr. Vincent Cristofalo, Wistar Institute, Cellular and Molecular Biology of Aging, 1987
- MD, Penn State University, 1986
- BS, Biochemistry, Penn State University, 1982
Certifications: Clinical Pathology
Memberships
- American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG)
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- The Obesity Society (TOS)
- International Biolron Society