Haiqing Hua, PhD
Contact Information:
Email: hh2417@columbia.edu
Educational Background:
- Tsinghua University, Bejing, China BS 2003
- University of Zurich, Switzerland PhD 2008
Postgraduate Training:
- 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
Postgraduate Training:
- 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
