Topics and Expertise: genetics

Burchard to deliver UCSF Academic Senate’s 20th Annual Faculty Research Lecture in Clinical Science

Tue Oct 26, 2021
Burchard
Elisabeth Fall

Esteban G. Burchard, MD, MPH

Lecture on groundbreaking research in asthma genetics and treatment disparities will broadcast on Zoom on November 2 at 3:30pm

IRS Greenlights Tax Breaks for Buyers of 23andMe Genetic Tests

Thu Aug 1, 2019

CRISPR-based obesity treatment shows promise for other diseases

Thu Jan 17, 2019
Ahituv, right, works in his lab with postdoc Fumitaka Inoue
Susan Merrell

Nadav Ahituv, PhD, right, was able to curb obesity in mice by tweaking two genes involved in controlling appetite.

A recent study by Nadav Ahituv, PhD, showed that obesity caused by a gene mutation could be treated in animal models.

Burchard Lab study finds most asthma research may not apply to African American children

Thu May 12, 2016
White and Burchard
Noah Berger

Marquitta White (left), MS, PhD, and Esteban Burchard, MD, MPH. Photo by Noah Berger

Results from the largest single study of the genetic and environmental causes of asthma in African American children suggest that only a tiny fraction of known genetic risk factors for the disease apply to this population.

Burchard named to expert panel for Obama’s precision medicine plan

Wed Apr 1, 2015
Burchard in lab
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Esteban G. Burchard, MD, MPH

School faculty member Esteban G. Burchard, MD, MPH, has been appointed to an expert panel advising the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on how to develop President Barack Obama’s Precision Medicine Initiative.

Ahituv study provides new insights into enhancer gene regulation

Tue Aug 13, 2013
Ahituv
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Nadav Ahituv, PhD

Research led by UCSF scientists has provided fresh insight into the operation of DNA sequences in the genome that regulate gene expression.

American Museum of Natural History video features research of Burchard

Thu Apr 4, 2013
Science Bulletins: Genes and Health—Moving Beyond Race
A new video produced by the American Museum of Natural History features the work of Esteban Burchard, MD, MPH, and members of his laboratory.

Su Guo, PhD

Wed Mar 6, 2013
Professor

I am interested in how genes regulate brain development and behavior and ultimately impact neuropsychiatric disorders.

As director of the Center for Collaborative Innovation, I lead efforts to increase collaboration between clinical, translational, and discovery science in teaching and research.

Child’s illness fuels lab team’s search for early-life epilepsy diagnostics

Mon Jul 23, 2012
Birnbaum and daughter Ruth

Postdoctoral fellow Ramon Birnbaum, PhD, and daughter Ruth.

The lab of UCSF School of Pharmacy faculty member Nadav Ahituv, PhD, studies how abnormalities in DNA segments that control the activity of genes could lead to diseases.

Burchard comments on asthma genetics

Thu Apr 29, 2010
Burchard
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Esteban G. Burchard, MD, MPH

Asthma specialist and genetics researcher, Esteban G.

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