Evolutionary Medicine
The ASU Center for Evolution & Medicine is a university-wide Presidential Initiative whose mission is to improve human health by establishing evolutionary biology as an essential basic science for medicine, worldwide.
Cocci and Crypto: Evolving fungi in an evolving world - David Engelthaler
Harnessing Evolution for Precision Health
The Snuggle Bug Study - Corrie Whisner, PhD
Monsters, SCINK[D]s, and the enormous diversity of sex chromosomes across vertebrates -Brendan Pinto
Dr William Murphy - The Promise of Comparative Genomics in Mammals in the Era of Complete Genomes
Dr Matthew Emery-Quantifying DNA Degradation in Thermally Altered Forensic Bones & Teeth using ...
Jessica Metcalf-Sex differences in immune function:probing ultimate drivers & exploring consequences
Dr Jake Aronoff - Inflammation, cardiometabolic health, & brain aging in a high pathogen environment
Dr Zachary Compton - Primate Comparative Phylogenetics Reveals Humans’ Unique Cancer Susceptibility
Dr Duygu Ucar - Genomic signatures of immune aging and vaccine responsiveness
Dr Kathleen Reinhardt-Investigating the physiological, ecological & evolutionary root of human sleep
Dr C. Eduardo Guerra Amorim - How Ancient Diseases Shaped the Evolution of the Human Immune System
Dr Thomas Stewart - Dry eyes and sore backs : the burdens of being a fish out of water
Dr Mercy Akinyi - Primates, behavior and parasites
Dr Arvind Varsani- Short stories on DNA viruses from the tropics to polar regions: ecology&evolution
Dr Brendan Pinto - Sex chromosome evolution
Dr Anne Stone-Leprosy, the Black Death, & the White Plague-What Ancient DNA tells us about Pathogens
Dr. Seema Plaisier-Gene expression in placental and uterine tissues-implications of health & disease
Dr. Julien Ayroles - Leveraging Evolutionary Mismatches to Study Gene-by-Environment Interactions
Dr Martin Picard - Mitochondrial Psychobiology in the Brain and Immune System
Dr Claire Roberts - What can the placenta tell us about health in pregnancy and beyond?
Dr. Kaixiong (Calvin) Ye - Gene-Environment Interactions in Human Evolution and Complex Traits
Nicholas Banovich - Spatial genomics to dissect the molecular underpinnings of pulmonary fibrosis
Daniel Promislow A Systems - Biology Perspective on Genetic Variation and Aging
Dionna Williams - Leveraging Endocannabinoid System to Restore Cognitive Function
Gabriel Shaibi - Addressing Disparities in Type 2 Diabetes: It takes a village
Abigail Page - Beyond the mother: evolutionary perspectives on cooperative childrearing
Amy Boddy - An evolutionary perspective on maternal health and disease
Melanie Martin - Disentangling biobehavioral pathways between breastfeeding, and health outcomes
Emma Cohen - Social Brawn Hypothesis: effects of sociality on energy and performance in exercise