Tatiana Foroud is a genetic researcher and currently the Joe C. Christian Professor Medical and Molecular Genetics, Distinguished Professor and Chancellor's Professor at the

Indiana University School of Medicine The Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM) is a major multi-campus medical school in the state of Indiana. There are nine campuses throughout the state; the principal research and medical center is located on the Indiana University–Purdu ...

Early life and education

Foroud was raised in

Fairfield, Connecticut Fairfield is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It borders the city of Bridgeport and towns of Trumbull, Easton, Weston, and Westport along the Gold Coast of Connecticut. Located within the New York metropolitan area ...

and graduated from

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in 1983. Foroud received her bachelor's degree in biology and mathematics from

Fairfield University Fairfield University is a private Jesuit university in Fairfield, Connecticut. It was founded by the Jesuits in 1942. In 2017, the university had about 4,100 full-time undergraduate students and 1,100 graduate students, including full-time ...

in 1987, master's degree in

biomathematics Mathematical and theoretical biology, or biomathematics, is a branch of biology which employs theoretical analysis, mathematical models and abstractions of the living organisms to investigate the principles that govern the structure, development a ...

from the

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...

in 1989, and doctoral degree in

population genetics Population genetics is a subfield of genetics that deals with genetic differences within and between populations, and is a part of evolutionary biology. Studies in this branch of biology examine such phenomena as adaptation, speciation, and pop ...

from the

in 1994.

Research and career

Foroud joined the Indiana University School of Medicine faculty in 1994 and was named the P. Michael Conneally Professor of Medical and Molecular Genetics in 2005. Indiana University appointed Foroud to the rank of Distinguished Professor, the highest academic rank at the university in 2017. Foroud is director of Hereditary Genomics Division of the Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, and leads the Genetics, Biomarker and Bioinformatics department at the Indiana Alzheimer Disease Center. She is scientific director of the Indiana Biobank. Foroud's research is primarily in the area of mapping genes contributing to the susceptibility for common, complex genetic disorders. These include disorders such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, bipolar disorder and alcoholism.

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External links

Indiana University School of Medicine profile
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