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Aravinda Chakravarti,
PhD: ASHG President (2008)
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 Human
genetics is not my
profession, it is my
life
- Aravinda Chakravarti,
PhD |
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Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics,
Molecular Biology & Genetics; Johns Hopkins
University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD |
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Professor of Biostatistics, Bloomberg
School of Public Health; Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, MD |
Primary
Research Interests:
Human genetics
and genomics of complex diseases; the role
of genes vs. environment in causing disease
and disease risk/susceptibility (i.e.,
genetic determinism); the development and
application of molecular genetic, genomic
and computational methods in human genetics
research
Dr. Chakravarti studies disease genomics to
determine the molecular basis of complex
disorders and to identify patterns in the
genetic mutations that cause susceptibility
to complex diseases, such as:
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Cardiovascular disorders (sudden cardiac
death, hypertension)
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Mental
illness (autism, bipolar disease,
schizophrenia)
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Birth
defects (Hirschsprung disease)
Biography:
Dr. Aravinda
Chakravarti, Ph.D. is the 2008 President of
the American Society of Human Genetics
(ASHG). Dr. Chakravarti is one of the Editors-in-Chief
of Genome Research, and serves on the
Advisory and Editorial Boards of numerous
national and international journals, boards
and societies. He is also a past member of
the NIH National Advisory Council of the
National Human Genome Research Institute,
chaired the NIH Subcommittee on the 3rd
5-year Genome Project Plan, and continues to
serve on several NIH panels.
Dr. Chakravarti’s research is aimed at
genomic-scale analysis of the human genome,
computational analysis of gene variation and
function, and understanding the molecular
genetic basis of common genetic disorders.
His passion for human genetics research, and
his dedication to the advancement of the
field is clearly evident when he speaks on
the subject. In his own words, “Human
genetics is not my profession but my life.”
Dr. Chakravarti received his doctoral degree
in human genetics from the University of
Texas Health Science Center in Houston in
1979 and continued postdoctoral training at
the University of Washington in Seattle
until 1980.
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