Genetics and Epigenetics
Beach, Steven R.H.
Co-Director, Center for Family Research
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
2023 OIBR Service Legacy Award Recipient
website | srhbeach@uga.edu
Chen, Zhuo (Adam)
Professor, Health Policy & Management
website | zchen1@uga.edu
Research Interests include social determinants of health, health economics, health disparities, mental health, genomics, and gender
Clementz, Brett
Professor, Psychology
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | clementz@uga.edu
Research Interests include visual & auditory processing; saccadic eye movements; higher level cognitive operations between normal & psychiatric groups (schiz); brain plasticity; brain changes that occur during aging; and prospective memory
Ehrlich, Katie
Associate Professor, Psychology
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | kehrlich@uga.edu
Research Interests include social determinants of health, inflammation, stress, and resilience
Koss, Kalsea
Assistant Professor, Human Development & Family Science
website | kalsea.koss@uga.edu
Research Interests include stress, adversity, puberty, developmental psychopathology, epigenetics, and resilience
Lei, Man Kit (Karlo)
Associate Professor, Sociology
website | karlo@uga.edu
Research Interests include epigenetic aging, neighborhood studies, and cardiovascular disease risk
Sanders, Ashley
Assistant Professor, Psychology
website | ashley.sanders@uga.edu
Research Interests: Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality, Cognition, Diversity, Environment and Ecosystems, Gender, Genetics and Epigenetics, Infant and Child Development, Infant and Maternal Health, Maltreatment and Trauma, Mental Health, Mental Illness and Disorders, Neuroscience, Psychophysiology, Youth, Adolescence, and Emerging Adulthood
Simons, Ron
Regents’ Professor, Sociology
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | rsimons@uga.edu
Research Interests include social determinants of health, speed of biological aging, and causes of dementia
Ye, Kaixiong (Calvin)
Associate Professor, Genetics
website | kaixiong@uga.edu
Research Interests include human genetics, direct to consumer genetic testing, and nutrition