Lynn B. Jorde, PhD

Title: Chair, Department of Human Genetics

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments: Human Genetics - Professor

Academic Office Information

u0030694@utah.edu

Research Interests

Medical Genetics
Human Population Genetics
Gene Mapping and Cloning

My laboratory has long been involved in studies of human genetic variation and disease. We have been involved in studies of human limb malformations, autism, hypertension, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, type 2 diabetes, schizophrenia, and a number of other Mendelian and common, complex diseases. For more than a decade, we have been involved in research on the evolution of mobile elements and the effects of these elements on the human genome. We have been actively engaged in studies of human genetic variation and natural selection, and we have used whole-genome sequencing to uncover disease-causing mutations and to estimate the human mutation rate. We have published more than 200 peer-reviewed papers on these topics

Education History

Doctoral Training	University of New Mexico Biological Anthropology (Human Genetics Specialty)	Ph.D.
Graduate Training	University of New Mexico Biological Anthropology	M.S.
Undergraduate	University of New Mexico Anthropology	B.A.
Undergraduate	University of North Dakota