Background Heterogeneity in the definition and measurement of complex diseases in
Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) may lead to misdiagnoses and misclassification …

Whole-genome or genome-wide association studies have become a fundamental part of
modern genetic studies and methods for dissecting the genetic architecture of common traits …

Several thousand genomes have been completed with millions of variants identified in the
human deoxyribonucleic acid sequences. These genomic variations, especially those …

The large volume of research findings submitted to the GWAS catalog in the last decade is a
clear indication of the exponential progress of these studies and association approaches …

Owing to historical events including the slave trade, agricultural interests, colonialism, and
political and/or economical instability, most modern humans are a mosaic of segments …

Large-scale genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have enabled detection of numerous
candidate genetic loci that may impact human diseases, expanded our knowledge about the …

I have trained in both electrical engineering and computer science (MIT PhD) and in systems
neuroscience (Caltech postdoc). I joined Stanford as an Assistant Professor in 2001, and …