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Benjamin Franklin Voight, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. He serves as the Associate Director for the Bioinformatics Concentration in the ITMAT MSTR program and as the Director of the Environmental Health Informatics Core within the Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology. His research expertise lies in statistical genetics and computational biology, concentrating on human genetics, particularly in understanding the biological and evolutionary basis of metabolic and cardiovascular traits in human populations. Voight's research group employs advanced computational and statistical methods to analyze large-scale genetic datasets, focusing on complex diseases such as type-2 diabetes and coronary heart disease. He actively develops novel methodologies for identifying causal genetic variants and utilizes frameworks like Mendelian Randomization for causal inference in disease susceptibility. With a background in both biology and mathematics, Voight integrates these fields to drive his research forward and contribute significantly to the understanding of human genetic variation and disease.
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