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4D Nucleome -
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Multi-“omics” Integrative Bioinformatics -
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Systems Biology & Networks Analysis -
Translational Bioinformatics, Drug Discovery & Pharmacogenomics -
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Many human diseases are linked to genetic dysfunctions. DCMB faculty collaborate with human genetics experts to:
Identify foundational knowledge gaps and develop innovative bioinformatics and computational biology theories and AI and Machine Learning methods to address these.
Test and refine existing theories and AI and Machine Learning methods in bioinformatics and computational medicine toward the study of genetic diseases.
Develop new AI and Machine Learning methods and computational tools for diagnostics and treatments.
The diseases that DCMB/CCMB faculty members study include:
- Alzheimer’s Disease (Guan)
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - ALS (Boyle, Karnovsky, Sartor)
- Ataxia (Burmeister)
- Cancers (Baladandayuthapani, Guan, Li, Kitzman, Omenn, Rajapakse, Sartor, Taylor)
- Heart and Brain Health (Wang)
- Mental disorders (Athey, Burmeister, Li)
- Metabolic diseases and obesity (Speliotes)
- Renal diseases (Kretzler)
- Skin diseases (Tsoi)
- Substance Use Disorders - SUD (Burmeister, Athey)
- Type 2 Diabetes - T2D (Parker)
This research overlaps with the study of 4D Nucleome.
![Brian Athey](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2023-11/athey.brian_.2023_0.jpg?itok=rCQvsbtw)
Michael Savageau Collegiate Professor
Chair
Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Professor of Psychiatry
Chair
Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Professor of Psychiatry
![Margit Burmesiter](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2023-11/burmeister.margit.2023_0.jpg?itok=HEJuiQY_)
Associate Chair, Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Program Director, Bioinformatics Graduate Program
Professor of Human Genetics
Professor of Psychiatry
Research Professor, Michigan Neuroscience Institute and Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Program Director, Bioinformatics Graduate Program
Professor of Human Genetics
Professor of Psychiatry
Research Professor, Michigan Neuroscience Institute and Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
![Guan-Yuanfan.jpg](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2023-12/Guan-Yuanfan.jpg?itok=skCtkRLc)
Associate Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
![Veera Baladandayuthapani](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2024-05/veera_baladandayuthapani.jpg?itok=BhoEI0_0)
Professor of Biostatistics
Chair, Department of Biostatistics
Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Chair, Department of Biostatistics
Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
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Associate Professor of Human Genetics
Associate Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Associate Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
![Kretzler](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2023-11/kretzler.jpeg?itok=Ejuq_TQM)
Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis Professor of Medicine
Professor of Internal Medicine and Research Professor
Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Professor of Internal Medicine and Research Professor
Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
![Lara Garmire](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2024-02/Garmire-Lara-2024.jpg?itok=fIYVVhAj)
Associate Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Associate Professor of Biostatistics
Associate Professor of Biostatistics
![Jun Li](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2023-12/li.jun_.2023.jpg?itok=z20x5iV2)
Associate Chair
Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Professor of Human Genetics
Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Professor of Human Genetics
Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
![headshot of Rajasree Menon](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2024-01/Menon-Raji.jpeg?itok=lv9nkC86)
Associate Research Scientist
Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
![Gilber Omenn](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2023-11/omenn.gil_.2024.jpg?itok=3Yg_n86n)
Harold T Shapiro Distinguished University Professor of Medicine
Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Professor of Internal Medicine
Professor of Human Genetics
Professor of Environmental Health Sciences
Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Professor of Internal Medicine
Professor of Human Genetics
Professor of Environmental Health Sciences
![Steven Parker](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2024-02/Parker-Steven-2024.jpg?itok=qORjjtMV)
Associate Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Associate Professor of Human Genetics
Associate Professor of Human Genetics
![Indika Rajapakse](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2024-06/indikarajapakse-profile.jpg?itok=aHsgyiZj)
Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Professor of Mathematics
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Professor of Mathematics
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
![Maureen Sartor](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2023-11/sartor.maureen.2023.jpg?itok=Km_43KcY)
Co-Director
Bioinformatics Graduate Program
Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Professor of Biostatistics
Bioinformatics Graduate Program
Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Professor of Biostatistics
![Elizabeth Katherine Speliotes headshot](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2024-04/Speliotes-Elizabeth.jpg?itok=_OKaWBrv)
Keith S Henley M.D. Collegiate Professor of Gastroenterology
Professor of Internal Medicine
Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Associate Director
Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)
Program Director
Precision Medicine Program
Professor of Internal Medicine
Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Associate Director
Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)
Program Director
Precision Medicine Program
![Matthew O'Meara](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2023-12/omera.mathew.2023.jpg?itok=3J-cvGKd)
Assistant Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
College of Pharmacy
Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
College of Pharmacy
![profile-jeremy-tayloe-2023](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2023-11/Taylor_Jeremy.jpg?itok=oS-A9n99)
Pharmacia Research Professor of Biostatistics
Professor of Biostatistics
Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Professor of Radiation Oncology
Professor of Biostatistics
Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Professor of Radiation Oncology
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![Joshua Welch](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2023-11/welch.josh_.2023.jpg?itok=s1-48-IL)
Associate Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
![Yue Zhao](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2024-05/yue_zhao.jpg?itok=4ZZjNE_b)
Research Assistant Professor
Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics