Tag: Kelada

Dr. Samir Kelada has been promoted to Full Professor with tenure in the Department of Genetics, effective November 14, 2025.

Dr. Samir Kelada (Associate Professor) was awarded a new R01 grant from NIEHS for his project titled “Discovery of gene-by-air pollution interactions in respiratory disease using genetically diverse mice with validation in humans”.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 39 papers during June 29th - August 2nd 2025.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 25 papers during June 1st - 28th 2025.

Dr. Greg Smith and Dr. Samir Kelada recently published a paper titled "A new mouse model for ozone health effects research" in Environmental Health Perspectives.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 25 papers during March 30th - April 26th 2025.

Yun Li, PhD (Professor, Genetics) together with first author Elena Kharitonova (PhD Student, Biostatistics) have published a new paper in the American Journal of Human Genetics (AJHG) titled “EndoPRS: Incorporating endophenotype information to improve polygenic risk scores for clinical endpoints – a study in asthma”. 

Dr. Samir Kelada (Associate Professor, Genetics) received a new R01 grant from the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) for his project titled “Genetic mechanisms underlying maladaptive respiratory responses to air pollution”.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 23 papers during May 12th - June 8th 2024.

Samir Kelada, PhD (Associate Professor, Genetics) was interviewed by Society of Toxicology TV during the SOT 63rd Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City.