Our Lab
Aaron Quinlan (he/him) is the Colby Endowed Professor of Human Genetics and Biomedical Informatics at the University of Utah. He also co-directs the DELPHI Biomedical Data Science Initiative and the Utah Center for Genetic Discovery. He is passionate about genome biology, genome data science, and squash (the sport). For more details, refer to his CV.
Lab as of August 2023
Lab culture
Our lab’s culture and mentorship approach seeks to nurture creativity, scientific independence, and rigor. Our lab motto is “Know thy data”.
We strive to create a collaborative, friendly, and respectful lab culture that encourages open communication and values team science.
Our code of conduct requires that lab members are expected to: Be kind, Be aware, Become an expert, Be autodidactic, Be helpful, Be safe, Be organized, Be professional, Be responsible, Be punctual, Be responsive, Be prepared.
Postdoctoral fellows
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Harriet Dashnow K99/R00 NHGRI Fellow |
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Michael Goldberg T32 Fellow in Genomic Medicine |
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Graduate students
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John Chamberlin NLM T15 Fellow |
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Laurel Hiatt (they/he) F30 Fellow (NICHD) |
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Joshua Major-Mincer NLM T15 Fellow |
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Jason Kunisaki T32 Genetics Fellow |
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Staff scientists
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Brent Pedersen | ![]() |
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Tom Sasani (he/him) | ![]() |
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Peter McHale | ![]() |
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Suchita Lulla | ![]() |
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Tom Nicholas | ![]() |
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Alumni
Graduate students
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Stephanie Kravitz | Computational Biologist at 10X Genomics |
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Jon Belyeu | Bioinformatics Scientist at Illumina |
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Michael Cormier | Bioinformatics Scientist at Fabric Genomics |
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Jim Havrilla | Director of Informatics at Pathnostics |
Postdoctoral fellows
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Amelia Wallace | Data Scientist at Adaptive Biotechnologies |
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Brian Lohman | Bioinformatics Scientist at Quest Diagnostics |
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Ryan Layer | Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder |
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Uma Paila | Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia |
Staff scientists
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Hao Hou | |
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Joe Brown | Data Scientist at Invitae |
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Meenal Gupta | |
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Neil Kindlon | Programmer/Analyst at the Jackson Laboratories |
Undergraduate researchers
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John Rubinski | |
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Phanwadee Sinthong |