Molecular Genetics

Post-Doctoral Fellows

Haiqing Hua, PhD Contact Information: Email: hh2417@columbia.edu

Educational Background:

• Tsinghua University, Bejing, China BS 2003
• University of Zurich, Switzerland PhD 2008

• University of Zurich, Switzerland 2009
• Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, New York Stem Cell Foundation, 2009-present

Interests/Specialties:

• Stem cell research

Teresa M. Lee, M.D. Contact Information: Email: tl2164@columbia.edu

Post-Doctoral Training:

• Residency, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
  
• Fellowship, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital

Interests/Specialties:

• Studying the genetics of atherosclerosis and heart development using mouse models and using SNPs to study hypertension in humans
• Characterizing the genetic causes of cardiomyopathy, inherited arrhythmias, and congenital heart disease

Michael Morabito, PhD Contact Information: Email: mvm2124@columbia.edu

Educational Background:

• BA in Biology, University of Virginia, 2000
• PhD in Neuroscience from Vanderbilt University, 2008

Patrick Cheung, PhD Contact Information: Email: yc2059@columbia.edu

Educational Background:

• The University of Hong Kong, B.Eng.
• The University of Hong Kong, M.Phil.
• Columbia University, Ph.D

Post-Doctoral Training:

• Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Columbia University, 2008-2009

Interests/Specialties:

• Genetics of Type 1 Diabetes
• Genomewide association study
• Analysis on next generation sequencing data Multiple rare variant analysis

Kylie Foo, PhD Contact Information: Email: ksf2113@columbia.edu

Educational Background:

• University of Toronto (Toronto, Canada) - Honours Bachelor of Science, 2001-2005
• Karolinska Institutet (Stockholm, Sweden) - PhD (Dept of Neuroscience), 2006-2010

Interests/Specialties:

• Diabetes
• Stem cell research

Kazuhisa Watanabe, PhD Contact Information: Email: kw2375@columbia.edu

Educational Background:

• Nihon University, BS 2003
• University of Tsukuba MS 2005
• University of Tsukuba PhD 2009

Interests/Specialties:

• Genetic susceptibility to the development of type 2 diabetes

Lijiang Ma, PhD Contact Information: Email: lm2689@columbia.edu

Educational Background:

• Medical Sciences, China 1999
• Texas A&M University PhD 2005

• Texas A&M University 2005-2006
• MD Anderson 2006-2008

Interests/Specialties:

• Novel genes for congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Kitty Wang, PhD Contact Information: Email: lw2381@columbia.edu

Educational Background:

• China Agricultural University, 2003-2007
• University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 2007-2009

Interests/Specialties:

• Using stem cell technology to study the mechanisms of obesity related ciliopathies, such as Bardet-Biedl Syndrome and Joubert Syndrome.

Students

Angie Chong

Ms. Chong is a graduate student in the Institute of Human Nutrition. She is currently working on a project which studies the interactions of the insulin and leptin signaling pathways in the hypothalamus.

Liheng Wang

Ms. Wang is a graduate student in the Institute of Human Nutrition.

Richard Gill

Mr. Gill received his MPH from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health in 2010. He is a predoctoral graduate student in the Department of Epidemiology and the Genetics of Complex Disorders Training Program and is studying the genetic basis of extreme obesity in humans.

Moneek Madra

Jayne Martin