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The UAB Department of Genetics advances discovery across key research focus areas, addressing the molecular mechanisms of disease and improving human health.

  • Cancer

  • Big Data/Precision Medicine

  • Genome Stability

  • Noncoding RNAs

  • Epigenetics

  • Stem Cell/Developmental Biology

  • Neurogenetics

  • Metabolic Genetics

View our faculty members in these focus areas