Bio

I graduated from The Pennsylvania State University in 1986, after which I had a post-doc appointment at the University of California, Riverside. Previously I worked as a biostatistician and research faculty in the Division of Biostatistics, Yale University School of Medicine (1990-1994), had a visiting appointment in Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Statistics (1995-1996), and since 1997 been a faculty member of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (Psychiatry). I have been working in the field of human genetics for the past 33 years and in psychiatric genetics for the past 26 years.

Specific Research Interests

My research has three major foci: the development or refinement of statistical methods for the analysis of genetic data; the implementation of such methods to discover the genetic basis of disease and related phenotypes; and placing these findings in neurobiology. My work has been recognized by admission as a fellow to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Statistics Section.