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Hua Tang
Academic Appointments
- Associate Professor, Genetics
- Member, Bio-X
- Associate Professor (By courtesy), Natural Sciences Cluster - Statistics
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Professional Overview
Professional Education
| AB: | Harvard and Radcliffe College, Biology (1997) |
| PhD: | Stanford University, Statistics (minor Genetics) (2002) |
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Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
Research in our laboratory develops and applies statistical methods for analyzing patterns of human genetic variation, which underlie the phenotypic diversity of our species. We are collaborating on various genome-wide studies focusing on stratified or recently admixed populations. These studies offer unique opportunities to elucidate the evolutionary forces that have shaped the patterns of genetic variation in humans, to uncover the genetic basis of complex traits, and to shed light on the mechanisms that lead to diverse phenotypes and disparate disease risks among populations.
Publications
- Characterizing the admixed African ancestry of African Americans. Genome Biol. 2009; (12): R141
- Molecular and evolutionary history of melanism in North American gray wolves. Science. 2009; (5919): 1339-43
- Worldwide human relationships inferred from genome-wide patterns of variation. Science. 2008; (5866): 1100-4
- A statistical method for chromatographic alignment of LC-MS data. Biostatistics. 2007; (2): 357-67
- Recent genetic selection in the ancestral admixture of Puerto Ricans. Am J Hum Genet. 2007; (3): 626-33
- Genomewide evolutionary rates in laboratory and wild yeast. Genetics. 2006; (1): 541-4
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