University of Colorado Denver

Research Interests:

• Genetic Epidemiology
• Cardiovascular Disease
• Diabetes
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
• Pleiotrophy and Heterogeneity in common chronic diseases

Courses Taught:

• EPID 6629: Clinical Epidemiology
• EPID 6631: Analytical Epidemiology
• EPID 6638: Cardiovascular Epidemiology

Current Research Projects:

• NIH, NHLBI: Genetic Epidemiology of COPD (2007-13, Principal Investigator of Epidemiology Center, Co-Investigator): Genome wide association study of COPD and COPD subtypes.
• NIH, NHLBI: Genetic Epidemiology of COPD: Genome-Wide Analysis (2007-13, Co-Investigator).  
• NIH, NHLBI: Subclinical Heart Disease in Type I Diabetes (2005-09, Co-Investigator): Determinants of progression of coronary artery calcium in Type I Diabetes.

Education:

• University of California at San Diego, BA, Biology, 1979
• University of Hawaii at Manoa, MPH, Epidemiology, 1981
• University of Washington, PhD, Epidemiology, 1998