Daniel E. Weeks, Ph.D.

Daniel E. Weeks, Professor of Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh

• 1988: Ph.D., Biomathematics, University of California, Los Angeles
• 1985: M.S. Biomathematics, University of California, Los Angeles

Nure Sharaf Nower Samia

Human Genetics Ph.D. student, 2025 -

Leah Fenimore

Human Genetics M.P.H. student, 2025 -

Amit Kumar Srivastava, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Associate, 2025 -

Deborah L. Brown

1994 - M.S., Human Genetics
Strategies for genomic searching using the affected pedigree member method of linkage analysis

Sean Davis

1997 - Ph.D., Human Genetics
Nonparametric Statistics in Linkage Analysis

Hui-Ju Tsai

2004 - Ph.D., Human Genetics
Comparison of methods incorporating covariates into affected sib pair linkage analysis

Feng Dai

2004 - M.S., Biostatistics
Imprinting in variance components-based linkage analysis

Amrita Ray

2007 - Ph.D., Human Genetics
Affected relative pair linkage statistics that model relationship uncertainty

Feng Dai

2007 - Ph.D., Biostatistics
Variance components models in statistical genetics: extensions and applications

Jóhanna Jakobsdóttir

2009 - Ph.D., Biostatistics
Genetics of age-related maculopathy & score statistics for X-linked quantitative trait loci

Jia Jia

2015 - Ph.D., Biostatistics
Association analysis between binary traits and common or rare genetic variants on family-based data

Yingda Jiang

2015 - Ph.D., Biostatistics
Gene-based association testing of dichotomous traits using generalized functional linear mixed models for family data

Ying Shan

2016 - Ph.D., Biostatistics
Statistical methods for genetic risk confidence intervals, Bayesian disease risk prediction, and estimating mutation screening saturation

Yunqi Li

2018 - M.S., Human Genetics
Epigenome-wide association study of recovery outcomes of traumatic brain injury patients

Richard J. Biedrzycki

2018 - M.S., Human Genetics
Genome-wide association studies, false positives, and how we interpret them

Winston W. H. Eng

2018 - M.S., Biostatistics
Exploring the genetic characteristics underlying a multidimensional latent chemotherapy symptom burden

Annie Arockiaraj

2019 - M.S., Human Genetics
Epigenome-wide association studies in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage patients

Chen’Ao Qian

2020 - M.S., Biostatistics
Genome-wide association studies in Samoans give insight into obesity by investigating skinfold thickness

Laura Stackhouse

2022 - M.S., Human Genetics
CREBRF Missense Variant rs373863828 and Relative Grip Strength

Kaitlin Kirkpatrick Heimke

2022 - M.P.H. Public Health Genetics
Association Between BDNF DNA Methylation and Depression and Anxiety in Postmenopausal Individuals with Breast Cancer

Amanda Koloskee

2023 - M.S. Human Genetics
Effect of Exercise on DNA Methylation Age Acceleration in Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Aromatase Inhibitor Therapy

Shuwei Liu

2025 - Ph.D. Human Genetics
Deciphering Cognitive Function through DNA Methylation: Insights from the Exercise Program in Cancer and Cognition Study

Ishta Madan

2026 - M.S. Biostatistics and Health Data Science
Acute and Longitudinal Overview of Traumatic Brain Injury Severity and Epigenetic Age Acceleration in Children

Tara Cox Matise

1992-1994

Alan Young

1994-1995

William Shannon

1995

Kyunghee Song

1999-2003

Haydar Sengul

1999-2004

Jeesun Jung

2004-2006

Karolina Åberg

2006-2008

Ryan Minster

2010-2012

Jenna C. Carlson

2017-2018
Co-supervised with Dr. Ryan Minster

Mohanraj Krishnan

2019-2022
Co-supervised with Dr. Ryan Minster

Lacey W. Heinsberg

2020-2024