Genetics and Epigenetics
Beach, Steven R.H.
Co-Director, Center for Family Research
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | srhbeach@uga.edu
Chen, Zhuo (Adam)
Associate 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
Simons, Ron
Distinguished Research 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)
Assistant Professor, Genetics
website | kaixiong@uga.edu
Research Interests include human genetics, direct to consumer genetic testing, and nutrition