Jose C. Florez, M.D., Ph.D.

Jose C. Florez, M.D., Ph.D.

Jose Florez and his group have contributed to the performance and analysis of high-throughput genomic studies in type 2 diabetes, related traits and complications, in international consortia such as MAGIC, GENIE, DIAGRAM, T2D-GENES, AMP-T2D and SIGMA. He leads the...
Richa Saxena, PhD

Richa Saxena, PhD

Richa Saxena, a human geneticist, uses genetics to understand the biological basis of people’s daily behavioral rhythms and sleep patterns, and to illuminate meaningful links of sleep and circadian rhythms with neurologic, psychiatric and metabolic diseases. Her goal...
Alexander Soukas, MD, PhD

Alexander Soukas, MD, PhD

Dr. Soukas received his Sc.B. in Biomedical Engineering from Brown University, M.D. (Alpha Omega Alpha) from Cornell University Medical College, and Ph.D. in molecular genetics from the Rockefeller University. He completed medical residency at the Brigham and Women’s...

Ramnik Xavier, M.D., Ph.D

Systems biology approaches to understand human disease signaling networks  The overall goal in the laboratory is to discover and understand the function of important mediators and effectors involved in innate (autophagy, phagocytosis) and adaptive (T cell...

Gordon Williams, M.D.

Genetic Underpinnings of Hormonal Mechanisms Contributing to Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes Mellitus For the past 20 years, we have studied the genetic underpinnings of hormonal factors leading to HTN and its associated CV risks.  From these studies, we have...