Human Genetics Center

Train genetic investigators in molecular and cellular biology and the management, use and analysis of familial and population-oriented data.
Provide educational and research opportunities for doctoral students and post-doctoral fellows through employment on externally derived research funds.
Understand the contributions of genetic factors to those common diseases that account for most of the mortality in the public health context.
Understand the forces that influence the patterns of naturally occurring variation in the human genome, and how those patterns can be exploited to understand human disease.
Continue to expand our base of research through closer interdisciplinary collaboration with other research groups in the Texas Medical Center, in particular those located in the Health Science Center’s School of Public Health and School of Medicine.
Seek external support to maintain the state-of-the-art laboratory and computing equipment which is essential to our research.