Shaun M Purcell

Biography

Dr. Purcell is a genetic epidemiologist whose work focuses on developing statistical and computational tools for the design of genetic studies, the detection of gene variants influencing complex human traits and the dissection of these effects in the larger context of other genetic and environmental factors. In particular, Dr. Purcell currently works on whole exome resequencing and whole genome association studies of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, and the development of tools for whole genome and exome genetic studies. He directs the Center for Statistical Genetics at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and is a Member of the Division of Psychiatric Genomics and the Institute for Genomics and Multiscale Biology. Multi-Disciplinary Training Area Neuroscience [NEU] Education MA, University of Oxford MSc, University College London PhD, King's College London

Research Interest

Behavior, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Computational Neuroscience, Epigenetics, Genetics, Human Genetics and Genetic Disorders, Schizophrenia