Kidd Lab 

Department of Genetics, Yale University


Kidd Lab Alumni


Cathy Barr Sheng Gu
Natsuko Mizuno Jeffrey A. Rogers
Francesc Calafell
Yi Han
Lois A. Morton Gualberto Ruano
Fong-Ming Chang Toru Ishida Atsuyuki Morishima
Leslie Sheffield
Philip B. Chappell Sudha Iyengar Naoya Murakami Giorgio Sirugo
Pratima Chauduri Michael Jensen-Seaman Patricia Murphy Sarah A. Tishkoff
Desmond Cooper Kenneth Kendler Adekunle Odunsi Matthew Weed
Nancy J. Cox James L. Kennedy Toshihiko Ogura Jingshi Wu
Amos Deinard Jong-jin Kim
Hiroki Oota
Hiroshi Yoneda
Mellissa DeMille Patti L. Kramer Michael Osier
Lindsay A. Farrer Susan D. Kruger Meg Palmatier
Fadia Fouad Marion Leboyer Peristera Paschou
Martin Freimer Jay B. Lichter David Pauls
Luis (Lucho) Giuffra Ru-Band Lu Beth Pletcher
Elena Grigorenko Tetsuro Miki R. Arlen Price

Past Doctoral Students

Fong-Ming Chang
    Chairman, Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
    Thesis:   A molecular and population genetic study of the human dopamine D4 receptor gene (DRD4):
                        implications in medicine and evolution / by Fong-Ming Chang.
    Ph. D., Yale University, 1997.

Nancy J. Cox
    P.I., Dr. Nancy Cox Lab, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Chicago
    Professor of Medicine; Chief, Section of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago
    Thesis:   A Genetic Study of Stuttering / by Nancy Jean Cox.
    Ph.D., Yale University, Department of Human Genetics, 1982.

Amos Deinard
    Thesis:   The evolutionary genetics of the chimpanzees / by Amos Stanley Deinard.
    Ph. D., Yale University, 1997.

Luis Giuffra
    Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
    Thesis:   Genetic Analysis of Complex Traits / by Luis Alberto Giuffra.
    Ph. D., Yale University, Department of Neurobiology, 1991.

Elena Grigorenko
    Associate Professor, Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine
    Faculty, Edward Zigler Center, Yale Child Study Center, Yale University
    Faculty, Department of Psychology, Yale University
    Core Member, EGLab, Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine
    Thesis:   A Family Study of Dyslexia / by Elena L. Grigorenko.
    Ph. D., Yale University, Department of Linguistics, 1996.

Yi Han
    Thesis:   Genetic Variation and Linkage Disequilibrium in Alcohol / by Yi Han.
    Ph. D., Yale University, 2007.

Michael Jensen-Seaman
    Assistant Professor, Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Duquesne University
    Thesis:   Evolutionary genetics of gorillas / by Michael Ignatius Jensen-Seaman.
    Ph. D., Yale University, 2000.

Susan D. Kruger
    Thesis:   The Nosology of Tourette Syndrome / by Susan Deborah Kruger
    Ph. D., Yale University, Department of Human Genetics, 1984.

Lois A. Morton
    Thesis:   Genetic Approaches to the Study of Major Depressive Disorder / by Lois Ann Morton
    Ph. D., Yale University, Department of Human Genetics, 1983.
    practicing psychiatry, Connecticut

Michael Osier
    Osier Lab, Rochester Institute of Technology
    Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology
   Thesis:   Genetic variation and linkage disequilibrium in the human alcohol dehydrogenase genes:
                implications of the evolutionary history of a gene family in humans / by Michael Vernon Osier.
    Ph. D., Yale University, 2002.

Gualberto Ruano
    President, Genomas LLC
    Thesis:   A PCR-Based Paradigm for the Analysis of DNA Sequence Variation / by Gualberto Ruano
    Ph. D., Yale University, Department of Neuroscience, 1992.

Jeffrey A. Rogers
    Scientist, Department of Genetics, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research
    Scientist, Southwest National Primate Research Center, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research
    Thesis:   Genetic Structure and Microevolution in a Population of Tanzanian Yellow Baboons (Papio hamadryas cynocephalus) / by Jeffrey Alan Rogers
    Ph. D., Yale University, Department of Anthropology, 1989.

Sarah Tishkoff
    P.I., Dr. Sarah Tishkoff Lab, University of Pennsylvania
    Associate Professor, Departments of Genetics and Biology, University of Pennsylvania
    Thesis:   Patterns of nuclear haplotype frequency variation and linkage disequilibrium in a global sample of human populations / by Sarah Anne Tishkoff.
    Ph. D., Yale University, 1996.

Matthew Weed
    Thesis:   Embryos, Cloning, and Controversy: A Comparative Analysis of Research Policy in the United States and Great Britain / by Matthew Aaron Weed.
    Ph. D., Yale University, 2004.

Jingshi Wu
    Thesis:   Refined Linkage Mapping Studies of the Genetic Defect in Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2A / by Jingshi Wu
    Ph. D., Yale University, Department of Human Genetics, 1990.


 

Past Postdoctoral and Visiting Scientists

Cathy Barr
    Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto

Francesc Calafell
    Professor titular interí d'Ecologia, Unitat de Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Philip B. Chappell
    Assistant Clinical Professor, Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine
    Pfizer, New London, Connecticut

Pratima Chauduri
    Divisional Manager, India Branch Office, Genotech,  New Delhi, India

Desmond Cooper
        Professor, School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia  
       Honorary Associate, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney Australia

Mellissa DeMille
    Researcher, Genetics of Herding Traits, sheepdog.com

Lindsay A. Farrer
    Chief, Genetics, Boston University School of Medicine
    Professor, Departments of Medicine, Neurology, and Genetics and Genomics, Boston University School of Medicine

Fadia Fouad
   
Senior Lecturer, Department of Medical laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences and Nursing, Kuwait University, Kuwait

Martin Freimer

Sheng Gu
   
Research Scientist II at Clinical Data, Inc -- PGxHealth

Toru Ishida

Sudha Iyengar
    Associate Professor, Division of Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology, Case Western Reserve University
    Director, Genotyping Laboratory, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University
    Head of Molecular Genetics and Director, Triaj, Inc.

Kenneth Kendler
    Rachel Brown Banks Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University
    Director, Psychiatric Genetics Research Program

James L. Kennedy
   
Director of the Neuroscience Research Department and Head of the Psychiatric Neurogenetics Section, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
    Professor of Psychiatry and Medical Science, University of Toronto

Jong-jin Kim

Patti L. Kramer
    Program in Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, Oregon Health and Science University
    Professor, Molecular & Medical Genetics and Neurology, Oregon Health and Science University

Marion Leboyer
    Faculté de Médecine-Créteil
    INSERM

Jay B. Lichter
    Managing Member, Avalon Ventures

Ru-Band Lu
     Professor, Chairman and Director, Institute of Behavioral Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine and Hospital, National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan

Tetsuro Miki
    Professor, Department of Geriatric Medicine, School of Medicine, Ehime University, Japan

Natsuko Mizuno

Atsuyuki Morishima
    Assistant Instructor, The 2nd Department of Human Physiology, School of Medicine, Ehime University, Japan
    Research Associate, Department of Geriatric Medicine, School of Medicine, Ehime University, Japan

Naoya Murakami

Patricia Murphy
     Director, The FAMILION(R)Test, PGxHealth, Clinical Data, Inc.

Adekunle Odunsi
    Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo

Toshihiko Ogura
   
Department of Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University(IDAC)

Hiroki Oota
   
Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo

Meg Palmatier

David Pauls
    Director, Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital

Peristera Paschou
   
Lecturer in Population Genetics, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Democritus University of Thrace

Beth Pletcher
    Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Assistant Professor of Oral Pathology, Biology and Diagnostic Sciences, The University Hospital, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey

R. Arlen Price
    Professor, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Leslie Sheffield
    Murdoch Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

Giorgio Sirugo
    MRC Laboratories Fajara: Human Genetics in The Gambia

Hiroshi Yoneda

A special mention goes out to Carmela Castiglione, Research Associate, in Kidd Lab. Carmela retired from Kidd Lab in June 1998 after nearly 15 years of dedication and hard work. We would like to thank her for her contributions in helping to make Kidd Lab a success.

 
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