James S. Pankow, Principal Investigator

Genetic Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease and Associated Risk Factors

This research group seeks to detect, localize, and characterize genes involved in the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and its associated risk factors (i.e., diabetes, high blood pressure, elevated blood cholesterol, etc.). Recent technological advances in molecular biology and genetics have provided new opportunities to explore the genetic architecture of complex diseases and traits such as CVD. However, genetic epidemiological research on such traits requires data on thousands of individuals, hundreds of genetic markers, and complex statistical models that are computationally demanding. For this reason, this group is using resources from the Supercomputing Institute.

Research Group and Collaborators

Donna Arnett, Faculty Collaborator
Projjwal Ghosh, Graduate Student Researcher
Amy Lynch, Graduate Student Researcher
Michael B. Miller, Faculty Collaborator
James Peacock, Research Associate
Weihong Tang, Research Associate
Kim Weis, Graduate Student Researcher