Research & Clinical Faculty
Genetics of lipid metabolism
Helen H. Hobbs, M.D.
Howard Hughes Investigator
Director, McDermott Center
Professor of Internal Medicine & Molecular Genetics
Lab website: Hobbs–Cohen Lab
Genetics of quantitative traits
Jonathan C. Cohen, Ph.D.
Professor of Internal Medicine
Lab website: Hobbs–Cohen Lab
Genetics of obesity
Andrew R. Zinn, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Internal Medicine
Dean, UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Genetics of Autism Spectrum Disorders
Maria Chahrour, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Psychiatry
Lab website: Chahrour Lab
Computational biology of genomes and proteins
Qian Cong, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biophysics
Lab website: Cong Lab
Cancer genetics and genomics
Ralf Kittler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Director, Next Generation Sequencing Core Facility
Lab website: Kittler Lab
Statistical genetics
Julia Kozlitina, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Genetics of rare disease
Markey C. McNutt, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Director, Human Genetics Clinical Lab
Genetics of Pediatric and Skeletal Disease
Jonathan Rios, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Orthopaedic Surgery
Director, Division of Molecular Genetics, Scottish Rite for Children
Genetics of pediatric musculoskeletal disorders
Carol Wise, Ph.D.
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Pediatrics
Director, SRC Center for Pediatric Bone Biology and Translational Research at UT Southwestern
Biochemistry of membrane transporters
Xiao-Song Xie, Ph.D.
Professor of Internal Medicine
Lab website: Xie Lab
Statistical genetics and bioinformatics
Chao Xing, Ph.D.
Professor,
Director, McDermott Center Bioinformatics Lab
Lab website: Xing Lab
Core website: McDermott Center Bioinformatics Core
Cancer metabolism
Inborn errors of metabolism
Ralph J. DeBerardinis, M.D., Ph.D.
Howard Hughes Investigator
Division Chief, Professor of Pediatrics & Genetics
Lab website: DeBerardinis Lab
Perioperative Genomics
Amanda Fox, M.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Management
Division Chief, Cardiovascular and Thoracic
Genetics of skin disorders
Donald A. Glass II, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Dermatology
Keloid Study
Pediatric genetics
Garrett Gotway, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Program Director, Medical Genetics Residency Program
Gene therapy for neurological diseases
Steven Gray, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Molecular Biology, and Neurology and Neurotherapeutics
Lab website: Gray Lab
Human Genetics of Digestive Disorders, Inborn Errors of Immunity
Xiao-Fei Kong, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine
Lab website: Kong Lab
Genetics of cornea disease
V. Vinod Mootha, M.D.
Professor of Ophthalmology
Lab website: Mootha Lab
Transcriptional control of cardiac rhythm
Nikhil V. Munshi, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Molecular Biology
Lab website: Munshi Lab
Genomic Medicine, Gastrointestinal Diseases, Clinical Informatics
Jason Park, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology
Clinical Director, Advanced Diagnostics Laboratory at Children's Health
Pediatric genetics and metabolism
Angela Scheuerle, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics and Pathology
Gene therapy for CNS disorders
Sarah Sinnett, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Multi-omics-based approaches in musculoskeletal development, homeostasis, repair and regeneration
Robert Tower, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Lab website: Tower Lab
Medical genetics/Genetic disorders
Kathleen S. Wilson, M.D.
Professor of Pathology
Cytogenomic Microarray Analysis Lab
Director, cytogenetics, Veripath Laboratories (Internal link)
Computational biology
Zhenyu Xuan, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
Lab website (UT Dallas): Xuan Lab