Kidd Lab 

Department of Genetics, Yale University


Kidd Lab Alumni


Cathy Barr Yi Han
Lois A. Morton Jeffrey A. Rogers
Francesc Calafell
Toru Ishida Atsuyuki Morishima
Gualberto Ruano
Fong-Ming Chang Sudha Iyengar Namita Mukherjee
Leslie Sheffield
Philip B. Chappell Michael Jensen-Seaman Naoya Murakami Giorgio Sirugo
Pratima Chauduri Kenneth Kendler Patricia Murphy Sarah A. Tishkoff
Desmond Cooper James L. Kennedy Adekunle Odunsi Jingshi Wu
Nancy J. Cox Jong-jin Kim
Toshihiko Ogura Hiroshi Yoneda
Amos Deinard Patti L. Kramer Hiroki Oota
Mellissa DeMille Susan D. Kruger Michael Osier
Lindsay A. Farrer Marion Leboyer Meg Palmatier
Fadia Fouad Jay B. Lichter Peristera Paschou
Martin Freimer Ru-Band Lu David Pauls
Luis (Lucho) Giuffra Tetsuro Miki Beth Pletcher
Elena Grigorenko Natsuko Mizuno 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
    Associate Professor, Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago
    Associate Professor, 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
    Deputy Director, The PACE Center, Department of Psychology, Yale University
    Faculty, 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
     Current student in Molecular,Cellular,Dev Biology, class 2007

Michael Jensen-Seaman
    Postdoctoral Researcher, Human and Molecular Genetics Center, Medical College of Wisconsin
    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
    Post-Doctoral Fellow, Yale Center for Medical Informatics
    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
    Researcher, The Molecular Genomics Laboratory, Department of Genetics, 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
    Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Maryland
    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.

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, Facultat de Ciències de la Salut i de la Vida, 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
    Head of Department / Program Director, Australian and New Zealand Conservation Laboratories
    Professor, Australasian Fauna Laboratory, 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

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
    Head of Neuroscience Research Department and the 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

Ru-Band Lu
    Professor / Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
    Chairman, Institute of Behavioral Medicine, 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

Namita Mukherjee
    The Chatterjee Group - Indian Statistical Institute Centre for Population Genomics, Kolkata, India

Naoya Murakami

Patricia Murphy
    Clinical Associate Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Women’s Health Center, Albany Medical Center
    Scientific Advisory Board, GeneDx, Inc.

Adekunle Odunsi
    Attending Surgeon, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute
    Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo

Toshihiko Ogura
    Dept. Neurochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University

Hiroki Oota

Meg Palmatier

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

Peristera Paschou

Beth Pletcher
    Assistant Professor, The Center for Human and Molecular Genetics, 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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