Our group aims to uncover the genetic and non-genetic factors underlying complex phenotypes.  We combine genomics, epidemiology, and statistics to model the genetic architecture and environmental influences in a variety of complex diseases.  We use Drosophila as a model organism to test the predictions of our statistical models.

We are also interested in identifying the environment driven evolutionary forces that have shaped the human genomic variation, and the role of this genomic variation in contemporary human diseases.