Principal Investigators
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Jesse Berry, MD
Director, Ocular Oncology and Retinoblastoma Program
Vice Chair, Academic Affairs, Department of Surgery
A. Linn Murphree, MD, Chair in Ocular Oncology
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Lab Members and Collaborators
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Jaclyn Biegel, PhD, FACMG
Chief of Genomic Medicine, Center for Personalized Medicine (CPM)
Director, Center for Personalized Medicine
Professor of Pathology (Clinical Scholar), Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Brianne Brown, MPH
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John Carpten, PhD
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Patricia Chevez-Barrios, MD
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David Cobrinik, MD, PhD
Investigator, Ophthalmology
Associate Professor of Research Ophthalmology and Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine
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Xiaowu Gai, PhD
Director of Bioinformatics, Center for Personalized Medicine (CPM)
Professor of Clinical Pathology, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Dr. Gai is a genomic bioinformatician. He is the Director of Bioinformatics for the Center for Personalized Medicine (CPM) at Children's Hospital Los Angeles and an Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. His primary research interest is medically relevant human genetic variation, especially genomic changes associated with neurodevelopmental disorders and pediatric cancer. He has developed several bioinformatic methodologies, including tools for analysis of mitochondrial DNA. He is co-chair of the ClinGen Mitochondrial Disease Variant Curation Expert Panel. He and colleagues from the CPM work closely with Dr. Fernandez on the bioinformatic analysis pipelines being used for the autism project.
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Jim Hicks, PhD
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Deborah Im, BS
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Rima Jubran, MD, MPH, MACM
Designated Institutional Official and Director, Graduate Medical Education
William H. Hurt Chair in Medical Education in honor of Philip Rothman, MD
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Educational Scholar), Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Mary Liz Kim, BS
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Peter Kuhn, PhD
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Thomas C. Lee, MD
Chief, Division of Ophthalmology
Director, Vision Center
Associates Chair in Ophthalmology
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Patrick Peng, PhD
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Ashley Polski, BS
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Rish Prabakar, PhD
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Mark Reid, PhD
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Rachana Shah, MD
Director, Cancer and Blood Disease Institute’s Retinoblastoma Program
Attending Physician
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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