Farewell to Our Summer Students
💫 With the school year beginning, we pause to celebrate the incredible group of summer students who brought their energy, insight, and passion to the HEART-G...
At the Health Equity for Advancing Research and Technology using Genomic Neuroscience (HEART-GeN) research group, our goal is to improve treatments for brain disorders with health disparities. While 99.99% of our genome is shared across global ancestral populations, the very small fraction unique to a specific ancestral population can affect how genes turn on or off. We use this human variation to find these genes that may play a role in explaining health disparities for brain disorders.
Recent posts
Welcome Sula, Our First Graduate Student
🎉 Please join us in giving a warm welcome to Sula, the very first graduate student to join the HEART-GeN Lab!
Celebrating Emma’s Poster Presentation
🎉 Congratulations to Emma on a successful and impactful poster presentation this past week!
Congratulations to Manuel
🎓 A big congratulations to Manuel on graduating with his master’s degree in Data Science!
Welcome to Our Summer Researchers
🌟 Meet the HEART-GeN Lab Summer Research Team – 2025 Edition! 🌟
Reflections from the NURTURE Faculty Retreat
Grateful, energized, and inspired. 🌿